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Read about the conclusion of the USS Red Rover's hospital ship service as well as the diverse crew members that cared for the wounded throughout the war.

Read about the extensive service on the Mississippi River of one of the most famous hospital ships of the Civil War - the USS Red Rover.

Read about medical care after the Battle of the Wilderness where medical personnel had to contend with fires and dense underbrush.

Discover the incredible parallels between the institution of triage during the Civil War and its modern equivalent.

The home front could be deadly at times. Read about the tragic story of an ammunition factory explosion on Brown's Island in Richmond.

Read about the 45th Pennsylvania's first combat of the Civil War at South Mountain written by the unit's hospital steward James A. Meyers.

Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard's life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.

Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.

Historian Michelle Herbelin explains how medical practice changed from the United States War with Mexico in 1846 to the Civil War in 1861.