Discover the incredible parallels between the institution of triage during the Civil War and its modern equivalent.
by David Price
Hospitals
The home front could be deadly at times. Read about the tragic story of an ammunition factory explosion on Brown’s Island in Richmond.
Find out how soldiers, civilians, and nurses in the general hostpial at Harpers Ferry survived the 1862 battle.
Read about the 45th Pennsylvania’s first combat of the Civil War at South Mountain written by the unit’s hospital steward James A. Meyers.
Learn about the debate over the choice to use the Caduceus or the Rod of Asclepius to represent Civil War medicine in the museum’s new logo.
Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard’s life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.
Read about the challenges of running a university and hosting a large hospital in this blog post about the University of Virginia’s Civil War hospital.
Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.
The history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.
