Explore the link between the Civil War and one of history’s most infamous events
After the War
The conclusion of our series on the unusual connection between wine and the Civil War
Learn more about the unusual connection between wine and the Civil War
10 years after the Boston Marathon Bombing, learn how the Letterman System saved lives.
Ambulance services began during the Civil War and continue today
Cholera was a deadly disease and New York City was prepared to fight it because of the Civil War
Learn how the use of opium to treat Civil War soldiers led to many cases of addiction
Experiments on Joshua L. Chamberlain’s Petersburg wounds led to modern care. Though an uncomfortable and long road, people of the present benefit.
Learn how Maryland veterans from both sides dealt with their wartime experineces (from wounds to finding new work) after returning home.
