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Civil War Hospitals

September 1, 2017 by David Price

Civil War artifacts arranged on a table- Civil War Medicine Museum

Living historians from the Blue and Gray Hospital Association will be at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum portraying Civil War medical personnel.

Tagged With: Blue and Gray Hospital Association, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Living Historians, Living History, Pry House Field Hospital Museum

August 1, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

Tents of Camp Jonathan Letterman

“Ladies! If you’ve got here you’ll get anywhere.”

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Women Tagged With: 1863, Alexandria, Belle Plain, Civil War Hospitals, Clara Jones, Clarissa Fellows Jones Dye, Clarissa Jones, Field Hospital, George Meade, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, The Lyceum Hospital, Women's History

July 10, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

Clara Jones worked aboard the pictured hospital steamer, the State of Maine, in August of 1862. Courtesy of the National Archives

Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.

Filed Under: African American, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: Alexandria, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Clara Jones, Clarissa Fellows Jones Dye, Clarissa Jones, Dorothea Dix, John Lustrea, Libby Prison, Lyceum, Nurse, State of Maine, Virginia, Women's History

June 30, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

The following accounts are a tiny sampling of the battlefield experiences of the wounded on three hellish July days: the Battle of Gettysburg.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Gettysburg, Hospital, Jake Wynn, Pennsylvania, Voices of the Wounded, Wounded

June 16, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

While removing a rock from his shoe on the picket line outside Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford’s knee.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Technology Tagged With: Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Jake Wynn, Peleg Bradford, Petersburg, Virginia

June 5, 2017 by David Price

On Saturdays and Sundays at 3 PM, docents from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine will explain how Frederick became One Vast Hospital during the Civil War

Tagged With: Antietam, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Frederick, Hospitals, Pay What Your Please, Walking Tour

June 1, 2017 by David Price

Visit the Pry House Field Hospital Museum on June 24 and learn more about the Civil War experience of the Pry family. This free talk will begin at 11:30 AM.

Tagged With: Antietam, Battle of Sharpsburg, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Civilian, Internship, Kyle Bjornson, Medicine, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Talk/Lecture

June 1, 2017 by David Price

Visit the Pry House Field Hospital Museum on June 4 and learn more about the Civil War experience of the Pry family. This free talk will begin at 11:30 AM.

Tagged With: Antietam, Battle of Sharpsburg, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Civilian, Internship, Kyle Bjornson, Medicine, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Talk/Lecture

June 1, 2017 by David Price

Visit the Pry House Field Hospital Museum on June 10 and learn more about the Civil War experience of the Pry family. This free talk will begin at 11:30 AM.

Tagged With: Antietam, Battle of Sharpsburg, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Civil War Medicine, Civilian, Internship, Kyle Bjornson, Medicine, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Talk/Lecture

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