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May 6, 2025 by Tracey McIntire Leave a Comment

Coffee became a ritual that Civil War soldiers looked forward to–Part I gives the Confederate perspective

Filed Under: Soldier Life Tagged With: Coffee, Confederate, drinks

December 3, 2021 by Tracey McIntire

John Lustrea will talk with author Angela Elder about her upcoming book on Confederate widows and the Confederacy

Tagged With: Civil War, Confederate, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, widows

May 2, 2019 by David Price Leave a Comment

Compare how soldiers suffering from PTSD have been treated and how they grappled with it from the Civil War into the twentieth century.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Confederate, Diane Miller Sommerville, Mental Illness, PTSD, Suicide

April 17, 2019 by David Price

The Independent Greys living history group will relate the experience of Maryland soldiers and civilians during the Civil War.

Tagged With: Civil War, Civil War history, Confederate, Independent Greys, National Museum of Civil War Medicine

January 31, 2018 by David Price

Dr. Hunter Holmes Mcguire

Dr. Hunter McGuire fought to save lives on many battlefields. Historian Sarah Bierle will reveal his contributions to American medicine on April 28, 2018.

Tagged With: Army of Northern Virginia, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Confederate, Confederate Medicine, Hunter Holmes McGuire, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Saturday

August 24, 2017 by David Price

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.

Tagged With: 1862, Antietam, Civil War Medicine, Confederate, Downtown Frederick, First Saturday, Frederick, Maryland, Maryland Campaign, Walking Tour

February 24, 2016 by David Price

Phoebe Yates Pember

Discover the story behind the real hoop skirt assassin.

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Women Tagged With: Confederate, Episode 1, Kristen Brill, Phoebe Yates Pember, Real Characters, Real Characters of Civil War Medicine, Real Characters of Mercy Street, Women

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