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
by David Price
Hospitals
The Battle of First Manassas reveal how unprepared both armies were to handle the wounded. Paige Gibbons Backus tells the story.
“The bandaged head, the empty sleeve, and the stump of a leg, told a tale louder than words could speak.”
