Bellevue Hospital is one of the oldest medical institutions in the United States originating as an 18th century poorhouse.
Women
Medical innovations in the Civil War also included methods of transporting the wounded, including hospital trains.
Satterlee Hospital was one of the most famous Civil War hospitals
What caused the worst industrial accident in the Civil War?
General John Brown Gordon’s Civil War story is one of incredible survival.
Learn about Carrie Cutter, the first female nurse to die during the Civil War.
Learn about Camp Letterman, the largest military hospital built on the Gettysburg battlefield.
Learn about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American woman who recruited for the Union Army
Tolson’s Chapel is full of stories of perseverance and triumph, an inspiring beacon of light on the back street in Sharpsburg.
