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Gettysburg

June 18, 2021 by David Price

1861 Hand-colored lithograph titled “FORT MC HENRY, BALTIMORE, Md.” showing tents outside the Fort and the Lazaretto Lighthouse in the foreground

Join Jake Wynn and Melissa Miller to explore the Civil War medical connection between Gettysburg and Fort McHenry.

Tagged With: Fort McHenry, Gettysburg, Jake Wynn, Melissa Miller, Prisoners of War

December 4, 2020 by David Price

The George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg. Operated by the Gettysburg Foundation

the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the Gettysburg Foundation will lead a virtual tour of the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital at Gettysburg.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Field Hospital, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Foundation, Jake Wynn, John Lustrea, Spangler Farm, Virtual Tour

October 1, 2020 by David Price

The NMCWM is excited to host a digital seminar featuring presentations from an esteemed group of speakers about medicine at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Codie Eash, Digital Seminar, Dr. Rick Shroeder, Fran Feyock, Gettysburg, Jake Wynn, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Ron Kirkwood

June 17, 2020 by David Price

Jake Wynn will talk with historian Codie Eash about medical care at the Lutheran Seminary and the recovering soldiers who witnessed Pickett’s Charge.

Tagged With: Codie Eash, Facebook Live, Gettysburg, Jake Wynn, Pickett's Charge, Seminary Ridge, Seminary Ridge Museum

June 17, 2020 by David Price

John Lustrea will talk with public historian Ashley Luskey about how civilians on the Gettysburg Battlefield recovered after the devastating battle.

Tagged With: Ashley Luskey, Civil War Medicine, Civilian, Facebook Live, Farms, Gettysburg, John Lustrea

December 19, 2019 by David Price

John Lustrea will tell the incredible story of Clara Jones – a forgotten Civil War nurse – on Facebook Live on May 8 at 1:00 PM.

Tagged With: Civil War, Clara Jones, Gettysburg, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Nurses, nurses week, Women's History

March 26, 2019 by David Price

Discover the crisis faced by the 23,000 wounded soldiers and the 200 surgeons tasked to treat them after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Tagged With: Camp Letterman, Civil War history, Civil War Medicine, Dr Henry Janes, Gettysburg, Mark Quattrock

April 12, 2018 by David Price

Harpers Weekly Illustration of the Battle of Falling Waters- Civil War Medicine Museum

The Battle of Falling Waters is a story of miscalculation, bravery, tragedy, and a cover-up. Historian George Franks will bring that story to life.

Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Falling Waters, George Meade, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Campaign, Pay What You Please, Pry House, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Robert E. Lee, The Battle of Falling Waters

January 2, 2018 by David Price Leave a Comment

That happy hour to me is sweet
When thus I slept alone
And with that angel hope to meet
The dead who are unknown.

Filed Under: Children, Civilians, Hospitals, Soldiers, Soldiers Life Tagged With: 5th Maryland, 5th Maryland Infantry, Gettysburg, Missing Soldiers, poem, Poetry, Salome Marsh, Unknown Dead

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