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Posts Tagged ‘Jonathan Letterman’

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Facebook Live – Dr. Jonathan Letterman’s Civil War

Posted on: September 14th, 2020

Join Director of Interpretation, Jake Wynn, as he gives a detailed look at the innovation of Dr. Letterman in a Facebook Live video.

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The Innovative Career of Surgeon Benjamin Howard

Posted on: January 9th, 2020

Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard’s life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.

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The Origins of Modern Emergency Medicine

Posted on: April 8th, 2019
Civil War Medicine Museum Ambulance

Join NMCWM presenters to discover the historic origins of modern emergency medicine at this special presentation at Salisbury University.

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Civil War Medicine in the Overland Campaign

Posted on: February 22nd, 2019
Field Hospital at Battle of Spotsylvania

This presentation will examine the unique challenges the 1864 Overland Campaign created for the Army of the Potomac’s Medical Department.

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“[A]s he lived for others, so did he die:” The Life of Israel B. Richardson

Posted on: February 4th, 2019

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.

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The Pry Family and the Battle of Antietam

Posted on: December 20th, 2018

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?

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From Antietam to D-Day – Medical Evacuation on the Battlefield

Posted on: June 6th, 2018
American doctors tending to a soldier. Courtesy of the National Archives

The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the organizational efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.

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What Did Civil War Surgeons Feel?

Posted on: March 23rd, 2018
Field Hospital Chancellorsville- Civil War Medicine Museum

Scholars talk a lot about what Civil War surgeons did, but no one seems to have asked: what did Civil War surgeons feel?

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Frederick After Antietam

Posted on: March 15th, 2017

“The bandaged head, the empty sleeve, and the stump of a leg, told a tale louder than words could speak.”

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“Don’t Be Afraid Boys”

Posted on: February 12th, 2017
Zouave ambulance crew demonstrating removal of wounded soldiers from the field, Courtesy of the LOC

Discover how the US Army instituted a revolutionary new form of trauma care on Civil War battlefields.

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