The historical conception of “the good death” spoke to the experience of those were dying, but also shaped the mourning traditions of the living. Read more.

Learn about the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the Army Medical Museum here. Learn more about key figures like Jonathan Letterman & Clara Barton.

Over two dozen riots raged over the controversial topic of dissection.

More than 400 women disguised themselves as men to serve as soldiers during the American Civil War. How did they pull it off?

Many of us associate the Victorian era with an image of a delicate woman swooning on a couch, incapacitated by her period. Reality was a different story.

Learn about birth control during nineteenth-century America in this blog post by Dr. Lauren Thompson

A Civil War chaplain’s work was harrowing, improvised, and all too often underappreciated.

After emancipation, what came next? Freedpeople, or "contrabands," faced an uncertain future and very certain health threats.

Read about phrenology & the civil war from National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Get insight on key figures including Jonathan Letterman & Clara Barton.