Learn about the extreme psychological stress suffered by the average Civil War soldier and how it compared to modern soldier’s experience.
by David Price
Civil War Medicine
Take a closer look as several cases from a Civil War medical examining board and see what it reveals about medicine during the period.
Compare how soldiers suffering from PTSD have been treated and how they grappled with it from the Civil War into the twentieth century.
Hear about Confederate cavalryman Thomas Wallace Colley’s journey from the saddle to the hospital as he dealt with three wounds during the Civil War.
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.
Discover the crisis faced by the 23,000 wounded soldiers and the 200 surgeons tasked to treat them after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Washington’s Civil War hospitals played host to a wide range of characters from President Abraham Lincoln to Walt Whitman.
Dr. John Julian Chisolm was one of the most influential Confederate surgeons during the Civil War. His books and and invention were invaluable.
Celebrate the premier of “Healthcare on the Frontlines” – a documentary film connecting the response to the healthcare crisis of the Civil War to today.
