Find out how the Pry family recovered when so much of their property was destroyed during its use as a headquarters and hospital at the Battle of Antietam?
After the North instituted a draft in 1863, enrollment board surgeons faced an incredibly tough task - determining real disabilities from fake ones.
Disease killed more soldiers in the Civil War than battle injuries. This blog post examines specific outbreaks of one disease, yellow fever, in Key West.
As the 2018 growing season ends, NMCWM volunteer Greg Susla recaps the expansion to the Pry House Medicinal Garden this year.
Discover the experience of a parent looking for their wounded child after a Civil War battle by following Oliver Wendell Holmes' search for his son.
Read about the experience of one wounded Union soldier after the battle of Chancellorsville. Rice Bull described the terrible scenes.
Read how the Stickley family table went from family gathering place to Civil War operating table at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
Using period references, Greg Susla reveals the various ways belladonna was used to treat injuries during the American Civil War.
Scholars talk a lot about what Civil War surgeons did, but no one seems to have asked: what did Civil War surgeons feel?
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