Tolson’s Chapel is full of stories of perseverance and triumph, an inspiring beacon of light on the back street in Sharpsburg.
Civilians
The letters of Joseph Welsh, a dying Civil War soldier, illustrate the cost of disease in the ranks. Welch died of typhoid fever.
Susan La Flesche Picotte broke intersectional barriers as a woman, as an American Indian, and as a medical doctor in the 19th century
Read about Surgeon William Child’s first experience of war at the Battle of Antietam – the bloodiest day in American history.
Alcohol is often associated with war, but just how pervasive was its use during the American Civil War? Read this article to find out.
Learn about the medical uses of valerian during the Civil War era in this latest blog post on medicinal herbs.
Read about the role of Gettysburg College in the treatment of the wounded after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Discover how senna was used as a remedy during the Civil War era. It served as a more gentle laxative and purgative for Civil War soldiers.
Read the story of the 16th New Hampshire, a unit ravaged by disease but almost no battlefield deaths and how they remembered their service.
