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Health Care Heroes of the Civil War

Just as we’re indebted to and strive to honor our health care heroes today, there were many in the Civil War who worked to help those in need of care. Check out the short biographies of Civil War health care workers who laid the foundations for today’s health care heroes.

Edward Taylor

Image from the John W. Kuhl Collection

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Anderson Ruffin Abbott

Image courtesy of Wiki Commons

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Kate Cumming

Image from her book Gleanings from Southland

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Isabella Fogg

Image courtesy of the Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Riverside

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Sally Tompkins

Image courtesy of the Valentine Richmond History Center

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John Dudley

Image courtesy of F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.

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Jacob Tomer Jr

Image courtesy of F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.

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Robert Ware

Image courtesy of Gordon Dammann, D.D.S.

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George N. Holmes

Image courtesy of F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.

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John Forney Zacharias

Image courtesy of Band of Brothers, Dan Hartzler

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Phoebe Pember

Image courtesy of A Southern Woman’s Story

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Samuel Henry Melcher

Image Courtesy of Tom Doherty

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