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This is the page to explore the many online educational resources provided by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Here you can find links to primary sources related to Civil War medicine, cutting edge scholarship on our blog, or our video series. Are you looking for more of a personal touch? Consider booking a program with Museum staff under “Bring the Museum to You” below, or “Ask a Question” directly to our staff to have your query about Civil War medicine answered.

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The Caduceus versus the Rod of Asclepius

Learn about the debate over the choice to use the Caduceus or the Rod of Asclepius to represent Civil War medicine in the museum's new logo.

“Johnny Reb, you may catch me if you can” – A Civil War Veterinary Surgeon’s Experience as a Confederate Captive

Read about Union veterinary surgeon Samuel M. Drew's daring escape from his Confederate captors in Virginia.

“Grounds While Occupied as a Military Hospital:” Charlottesville General Hospital at the University of Virginia

Read about the challenges of running a university and hosting a large hospital in this blog post about the University of Virginia's Civil War hospital.

Fighting Disease with Smell: “Disinfection” during the Civil War

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

The Power of Place – How an Ordinary Space is Transformed with History

The history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.

“Mature Deliberation and a Careful Consideration” – The Board to Retire Disabled Officers

Take a closer look as several cases from a Civil War medical examining board and see what it reveals about medicine during the period.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the American Civil War

Compare how soldiers suffering from PTSD have been treated and how they grappled with it from the Civil War into the twentieth century.

Military Medicine in an Occupied City: Matamoros, 1846

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

Eat Your (Desiccated) Vegetables

Find out how a poor diet contributed to one of the most deadly diseases of the Civil War - diarrhea.

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