Dr. Mary E. Walker of New York embarked on a crusade to become a surgeon in the Union Army.

Discover the incredible events that occurred in the city of Frederick, Maryland on the bloodiest day in American history - September 17, 1862.

Learn about Dorothea Dix and her part during the Civil War as we know it. Visit The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick MD.

Louisa May Alcott experienced the horrors of the Civil War firsthand. Explore how Alcott's short nursing career impacted her life.

As the Civil War raged, poet Walt Whitman set up shop in the Union capital and volunteered in the city's war-time hospitals.

Discover the remarkable work of Confederate nurse Phoebe Yates Pember. She worked diligently to care for the sick and wounded at Chimbarazo Hospital.

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.

Read about slang during the Civil War era. The National Museum of Civil War has Clara Barton & Jonathan Letterman exhibits.