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Join Director of Interpretation, Jake Wynn, as he gives a detailed look at the innovation of Dr. Letterman in a Facebook Live video.
Read More »Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard’s life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.
Read More »Join NMCWM presenters to discover the historic origins of modern emergency medicine at this special presentation at Salisbury University.
Read More »This presentation will examine the unique challenges the 1864 Overland Campaign created for the Army of the Potomac’s Medical Department.
Read More »Read about the life of Union General Israel B. Richardson, from his rise through the ranks to his medical treatment at the Pry House after Antietam.
Read More »Find out how the Pry family recovered when so much of their property was destroyed during its use as a headquarters and hospital at the Battle of Antietam?
Read More »The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the organizational efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.
Read More »Scholars talk a lot about what Civil War surgeons did, but no one seems to have asked: what did Civil War surgeons feel?
Read More »“The bandaged head, the empty sleeve, and the stump of a leg, told a tale louder than words could speak.”
Read More »Discover how the US Army instituted a revolutionary new form of trauma care on Civil War battlefields.
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