Embalming the dead of the Civil War provided closure for grieving families... and opportunity for unscrupulous businessmen.

The Civil War changed what women were allowed to do & who they could become. Learn about the breaking of barriers from The Civil War Medicine Museum.

Learn the effects prostitutes had on soldiers during the Civil War time. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine has inside scoops on Clara Barton & more.

Historian Kathleen Logothetis Thompson explores mental stress, psychological trauma, and suicide among Civil War soldiers.

Dr. Ashley Bowen explores the history behind Dr. Jacob Mendes Da Costa's diagnosis of "irritable heart" in Civil War soldiers.

Dr. Robert G. Slawson, author of Prologue to Change, discusses the education and military service of African American physicians in the Civil War.

Learn about a volatile border state experience with MD during the Civil War. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine has exhibits for Clara Barton & more.

If Hastings really was a Nightingale nurse, she forgot some of her most important lessons. Read more from National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

Read about Jacob Mendes Da Costa and his influence on Civil War Medicine. Visit our museum for more about Clara Barton & Jonathan Letterman.