Get ready to go “On Tour” with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine as they virtually take viewers to sites of medical importance at Harpers Ferry.
by David Price
Civil War Hospitals
Read about the history of Washington DC’s St Elizabeth Hospital. Still in existence today, St Elizabeths was one of the early psychiatric wards in the city.
On Tuesday November 10 at 1:00 PM, join Jake Wynn and John Lustrea as they take viewers on a virtual walking tour of Frederick.
In this pre-recorded video, Director of Interpretation Jake Wynn will discuss how Christmas was celebrated in Civil War hospitals.
In this pre-recorded video, Director of Interpretation Jake Wynn will discuss how Thanksgiving was celebrated during the Civil War.
Hear the incredible story of how 200 doctors treated 18,000 wounded soldiers on several battlefields during the 1862 Maryland Campaign.
NMCWM Director of Research Terry Reimer will discuss her research into Frederick’s Civil War hospital sites in a special presentation.
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 history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.
