General John Brown Gordon’s Civil War story is one of incredible survival.
Medicine And Drugs
Learn about Dr. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, Civil War surgeon
Learn how the use of opium to treat Civil War soldiers led to many cases of addiction
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 explores the myth that recruits of the Civil War were only required to have two opposing teeth.
Kyle Dalton examines the history behind one of the museum’s artifacts–Tilden’s Extract of Cannabis indica
