War came to Frederick in 1861 – a four year nightmare ensued. Join us for our latest First Saturday walking tour in Downtown Frederick.
by David Price
Civil War Medicine
For one week in September 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia occupied Frederick, Maryland. Learn more about that week during our next First Saturday tour.
Quilts played an important role in the lives of Civil War soldiers and their families on the home front. Learn more from textile historian Mavis Slawson.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Mission of Mercy are partnering to bring visitors on an immersive walking tour of historic Downtown Frederick.
Docent Brad Stone will portray a U.S. Navy surgeon from the Civil War Era on Friday, July 21 at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.
Frederick Law Olmsted’s memoir “Hospital Transports” describes the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.
The following accounts are a tiny sampling of the battlefield experiences of the wounded on three hellish July days: the Battle of Gettysburg.
While removing a rock from his shoe on the picket line outside Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford’s knee.
