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The Staff of Hammond Hospital
August 17, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Hear the stories of the medical staff stationed at Point Lookout.
Hammond Hospital was established at Point Lookout in November 1862. Casualties resulting from the Peninsula Campaign and the over 12,000 from the Battle of Fredericksburg drove home the desperate need for more hospital space. The staff assembled at Point Lookout to deal with this wave of crushed humanity was a microcosm of A-type personalities that vied for authority: doctors, nurses, and Daughters of Charity were all thrust together in one mix. Come to hear their stories and how they all got along . . . or did they?
This event will also be live streamed on our Facebook page.
Susan Youhn serves on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Point Lookout State Park and has served as the program director of the Southern Maryland Civil War Roundtable for more than 10 years. As a member of the Maine Camp Hosptial Association, she has presented at the Baltimore Civil War Museum, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, the Manassas City Museum, and the Conference on Women and the Civil War. She also provides consultation to regional archeologists, local historians, and video directors on the subject of Hammond Hospital. Her articles have been published in the Washington Times, Cobblestone Magazine, and the Journal of Women’s Civil War History. She lectures frequently on the hospital and is currently compiling a book on the medical facilities at Point Lookout.
