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January 24, 2019 by David Price Leave a Comment

Read about Confederate cavalryman Thomas Wallace Colley’s journey from the saddle to the hospital as he dealt with three wounds during the Civil War.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Battle of Second Manassas, Haw's Shop, JEB Stuart, Kelly's Ford, Michael Shaffer, Thomas Colley, Virginia

November 30, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

After the North instituted a draft in 1863, enrollment board surgeons faced an incredibly tough task – determining real disabilities from fake ones.

Filed Under: Civilians, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Conscription, Enrollment Board Surgeons, J.H. Stewart, Nathan Marzoli, Nicholas Wee, The Draft

November 21, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

Read the astonishing story of Private Elisha Rice Reed at the Battle of Gettysburg. His wounding and treatment provide a window into Civil War medical care.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Codie Eash, Elisha Rice Reed, Pickett's Charge, Seminary Ridge, Seminary Ridge Museum, The Battle of Gettysburg, Wisconsin

October 3, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

As the 2018 growing season ends, NMCWM volunteer Greg Susla recaps the expansion to the Pry House Medicinal Garden this year.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medicine And Drugs, Nutrition, Technology Tagged With: Greg Susla, herbs, Pry House, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Pry House Medicinal Garden

August 27, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

Rebel attack on Union position at Chancellorsville

Read about the experience of one wounded Union soldier after the battle of Chancellorsville. Rice Bull described the terrible scenes.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: 123rd New York, Chancellorsville, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Nathan Marzoli, Rice Bull

August 1, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

Sketch of the Battle of Chickamauga

Discover how Union surgeons of Cloud Springs Hospital cared for patients even after they were captured by Confederate cavalry.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Cloud Springs Hospital, Solon Hyde, The Battle of Chickamauga

July 2, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

Recruiting Soldiers In New York

This 1863 manual detailed instructions for surgeons in the medical procedures to enlist soldiers into the United States Army.

Filed Under: Medical Staff, Soldiers, Technology Tagged With: Books, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, physical exam, recruitment

June 21, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

John Brinton

Union surgeon John Brinton’s medical service during the Civil War influenced the study of medicine in the United States for years to come.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Army Medical Museum, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, John Brinton, Ulysses S. Grant, William Hammond

June 6, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

American doctors tending to a soldier. Courtesy of the National Archives

The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the organizational efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Ambulances, D-Day, Field Dressing Stations, Jonathan Letterman, Letterman System, Major Jonathan Letterman, World War II

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