Museum staff will be making toothpaste and discussing how soldiers dealt with their personal hygiene in camp and on the march.
Civil War soldiers
Mix up a batch of switchel and learn about heatstroke in the Civil War
Museum staff members will be brewing up a pot of genuine Civil War coffee to go with their donuts and discussing the importance of the beverage to Civil War soldiers.
The letters of Joseph Welsh, a dying Civil War soldier, illustrate the cost of disease in the ranks. Welch died of typhoid fever.
Learn about the extreme psychological stress suffered by the average Civil War soldier and how it compared to modern soldier’s experience.
Professor Peter Carmichael will lead a discussion of his new book – The War for the Common Soldier, using wartime letters from Civil War soldiers.
