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Museum staff will be making toothpaste and discussing how soldiers dealt with their personal hygiene in camp and on the march.
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Mix up a batch of switchel and learn about heatstroke in the Civil War
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Museum staff members will be brewing up a pot of genuine Civil War coffee to go with their donuts and discussing the importance of the beverage to Civil War soldiers.
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The letters of Joseph Welsh, a dying Civil War soldier, illustrate the cost of disease in the ranks. Welch died of typhoid fever.
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Learn about the extreme psychological stress suffered by the average Civil War soldier and how it compared to modern soldier’s experience.
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Professor Peter Carmichael will lead a discussion of his new book – The War for the Common Soldier, using wartime letters from Civil War soldiers.
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