Join Director of Interpretation, Jake Wynn, as he gives a detailed look at the innovation of Dr. Letterman in a Facebook Live video.
by David Price
Jonathan Letterman
Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard’s life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.
Learn about the impact of the Battle of Antietam on the Pry family and how emergency medicine evolved during the Civil War.
Join NMCWM presenters to discover the historic origins of modern emergency medicine at this special presentation at Salisbury University.
Read about the life of Union General Israel B. Richardson, from his rise through the ranks to his medical treatment at the Pry House after Antietam.
Find out how the Pry family recovered when so much of their property was destroyed during its use as a headquarters and hospital at the Battle of Antietam?
This presentation will examine the unique challenges the 1864 Overland Campaign created for the Army of the Potomac’s Medical Department.
The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the organizational efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.
Scholars talk a lot about what Civil War surgeons did, but no one seems to have asked: what did Civil War surgeons feel?
