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.

In the most recent episode of Mercy Street, a disturbing new layer was added to the already tragic and tense atmosphere within Mansion House Hospital.

Last night the Civil War Medicine Museum hosted its first viewing party, where we watched and discussed the first episode of Mercy Street. Read more.

Explore the roots of international law & what doctors has to guide them in 1862. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine discusses Mercy Street episodes.