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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.

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.

Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell used the opportunities presented by the Civil War to transform the treatment of nerve injuries in America.

L.H. Roth searches for the women who nursed him back to health after his wounding at the Battle of South Mountain.