What caused the worst industrial accident in the Civil War?
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Learn about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American woman who recruited for the Union Army
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
The U.S. Signal Corps was founded in the Civil War. Learn how it developed and how it is still in use in today’s Army.
Tolson’s Chapel is full of stories of perseverance and triumph, an inspiring beacon of light on the back street in Sharpsburg.
In part two of this blog post, Kyle Dalton examines the incidents of unanesthetized surgery in the Confederacy
Research by the Museum’s Kyle Dalton shows that unanesthetized surgery in the Civil War was extremely rare.
