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African American History

July 16, 2020 by David Price

Kevin Levin with his book Remembering the Battle of the Crater

Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton will talk with historian Kevin Levin about medical care at the Battle of the Crater.

Tagged With: African American History, Kevin Levin, Kyle Dalton, Myth of Black Confederates, The Battle of the Crater

May 22, 2020 by David Price

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.

Filed Under: African American, Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Technology, Women Tagged With: African American History, Fort Pillow, Hospital Ships, Jake Wynn, Mississippi River, Red Rover

May 5, 2020 by David Price

Jim Downs with his book Sick From Freedom

Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton will talk with Dr. Jim Downs about his study Sick From Freedom which covers the African American medical experince after emancipation

Tagged With: African American History, Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Jake Wynn, Jim Downs, Kyle Dalton, Sick from Freedom

July 22, 2019 by David Price

The little told story of African Americans and the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War is one of bravery and trailblazing.

Filed Under: African American, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: 54th Massachusetts, African American, African American History, Ambulance, Ambulance Corps, Civil War Medicine, Medical Evacuation, USCT

April 4, 2019 by David Price

Amy Murrell Taylor and her recent book Embattled Freedom

On August 3 at 1:30 at the NMCWM, take a unique look at an understudied aspect of Civil War history – medical care in slave refugee camps.

Tagged With: African American, African American History, Amy Murrell Taylor, Civil War history, Civil War Medicine, Contraband Camp

March 28, 2019 by David Price

This walking tour of Downtown Frederick will provide visitors with a unique look into the city’s storied African American past.

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January 2, 2018 by David Price

Tracy Evans explores the incredibly vibrant history of the land just south of Frederick, Maryland.

Tagged With: African American, African American History, Civil War, First Saturday, Frederick, Maryland, Monocacy, Monocacy Junction, Monocacy National Battlefield, Tracy Evans

April 19, 2017 by David Price

Seeking Asylum Portrait from Civil War Museum

Historian Craig Swenson will discuss the turbulent process of securing medical care for mentally ill African Americans after the Civil War.

Tagged With: African American History, After the War, Black History, Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, Craig Swenson, Freedman's Bureau, Mental Health, Reconstruction

February 2, 2017 by David Price

After emancipation, what came next? Overcrowded and unsanitary, health conditions in contraband camps made freedpeople increasingly susceptible to smallpox.

Filed Under: African American, Children, Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: African American History, Black History, Contraband, James Downs, Jim Downs, Mercy Street, Sick from Freedom, Smallpox

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