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Posts Tagged ‘Civil War Hospitals’
Satterlee Hospital was one of the most famous Civil War hospitals
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Salisbury Prison was notorious for its lack of prisoner care–but it did have hospitals
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Author M.A. Schaffner tells the little-known story of the convalescent camp in Arlington, Virginia
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Learn about Camp Letterman, the largest military hospital built on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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Research by the Museum’s Kyle Dalton shows that unanesthetized surgery in the Civil War was extremely rare.
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Read about the history of Washington DC’s St Elizabeth Hospital. Still in existence today, St Elizabeths was one of the early psychiatric wards in the city.
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Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.
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The history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.
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One of our most commonly asked questions is “Where did all those soldiers go to the bathroom?” The story of Civil War sanitation and sewage in hospitals is not often told, but one that should not be neglected.
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As the Civil War’s bloodiest year came to its close, citizens and soldiers alike realized they had a lot to be thankful for despite the dreary situation.
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