Meet the Author: Melanie Kiechle
Join us for this virtual event LIVE on Facebook, February 11th at 7 p.m. with author Melanie Kiechle and a presentation about her book, Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Urban America, 1840-1900, followed by a Q&A. "Phew!...
“One Vast Hospital” Book Release and Signing
National Museum of Civil War Medicine 48 East Patrick Street, Frederick, MDAuthor Terry Reimer will give a brief presentation about the revised edition of her popular and important book, “One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam.” A book signing will follow. Books will...
St. Elizabeths Asylum: Civil War Care at the Government Hospital for the Insane
National Museum of Civil War Medicine 48 East Patrick Street, Frederick, MDFounded in 1852, St. Elizabeths Hospital was the nation’s first federally-funded psychiatric facility. The “Government Hospital for the Insane” in Washington, D.C., quickly transformed into a trauma center for wounded and convalescing soldiers when the Civil War broke-out...
Living History: Civil War medical care comes to life at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
National Museum of Civil War Medicine 48 East Patrick Street, Frederick, MDMembers of the Blue and Gray Hospital Association will be in the Camp Life Gallery describing the medical history of America’s bloodiest conflict. Dressed as members of the Confederate medical department and armed with period medical equipment, the...
Meet the Author: Dillon Carroll
Join us for this virtual event LIVE on Facebook, Monday, April 7th at 7 p.m. with author Dillon Carroll and a presentation about his book Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers, followed by a Q&A. “Many...
Meet the Author: Scott Hartwig
Join us for this virtual event LIVE on Facebook, Tuesday, May 13th at 7 p.m. with author D. Scott Hartwig and a presentation about his book, “I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign,” followed by a Q&A.
Faces of Civil War Nurses: A Photo Exhibit
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesIn partnership with Military Images magazine, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum will be the inaugural host for a new traveling photo exhibit, "Faces of Civil War Nurses." The exhibit will feature portraits and personal stories of...
Meet the Author: Brian Craig Miller
Join us for this virtual event LIVE on Facebook, July 8th at 7 p.m. with author Brian Craig Miller and a presentation about his book, “Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South,” followed by a Q&A. Miller's book won the 2015 Jefferson Davis Book Award from the American Civil War Museum.
Living History: Civil War medical care comes to life at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
National Museum of Civil War Medicine 48 East Patrick Street, Frederick, MDMembers of the Blue and Gray Hospital Association will be in the Delaplaine Randall Conference Room describing the medical history of America’s bloodiest conflict. Dressed as members of the Union medical department and armed with period medical equipment,...
Meet The Author: Terry Reimer
Join us for thus Virtual Event as author Terry Reimer gives a brief presentation about the revised edition of her popular and important book, “One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam" followed...