Read the fascinating story of how iodine was discovered and used in early medicine
Medical Equipment
Cholera was a deadly disease and New York City was prepared to fight it because of the Civil War
What caused the worst industrial accident in the Civil War?
Learn about Dr. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, Civil War surgeon
Learn about Surgeon General William Hammond.
Learn about Camp Letterman, the largest military hospital built on the Gettysburg battlefield.
Learn about the effects of various types of artillery rounds during the Civil War
Kyle Nappi relates the story of his ancestor who was wounded in the jaw at the Fall of Petersburg.
Kyle Dalton examines the history behind one of the museum’s artifacts–Tilden’s Extract of Cannabis indica
