The following accounts are a tiny sampling of the battlefield experiences of the wounded on three hellish July days: the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Civil War
While removing a rock from his shoe on the picket line outside Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford’s knee.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Battle of First Manassas reveal how unprepared both armies were to handle the wounded. Paige Gibbons Backus tells the story.
Amputations were the most common surgical operation performed during the American Civil War. Join us for a discussion and demonstration and find out why.
