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Nursing

February 18, 2021 by David Price

The Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettysburg, PA

Join Jake Wynn and Pete Miele of Seminary Ridge Museum as they share lesser-known deeds of patients, nurses, and chaplains at the Seminary Ridge Hospital.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Facebook Live, Nursing, Peter Miele, Seminary Ridge Museum

February 27, 2019 by David Price

On May 11 celebrate National Nurses Week and Florence Nightingale’s birthday by discovering how she influenced medical care in the US before the Civil War.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Civil War Medicine Origins, Florence Nightingale, Nursing, William Campbell

January 10, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

L.H. Roth searches for the women who nursed him back to health.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Equipment, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Soldiers, Soldiers Life, Women Tagged With: After the War, Frederick, Jake Wynn, Nurses, Nursing

December 8, 2016 by David Price

Largely forgotten today, Cornelia Hancock was one of the best known and beloved nurses of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.

Tagged With: Carolyn Ivanoff, Cornelia Hancock, First Saturday, Nursing, Nursing History, Women, Women's History

March 14, 2016 by David Price Leave a Comment

Dorothea Dix, Courtesy of Harvard University

Discover the true history of the “Dragon Lady.”

Filed Under: Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: Dorothea Dix, Mercy Street, Nurse, Nursing, Women's History

January 27, 2016 by David Price Leave a Comment

If Hastings really was a Nightingale-nurse, she forgot some of her most important lessons.

Filed Under: Hospitals, Medical Staff, Medicine And Drugs, Personal Hygiene, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: Ann Hastings, Crimea, Episode 2, Florence Nightingale, Nurse Hastings, Nursing, Sanitation

January 14, 2016 by David Price

My girl Clara Barton posing for a portrait

Clara Barton was thirty-nine and on her second career when the Civil War started. That didn’t stop her from getting involved, making a difference, and ultimately changing the world.

Filed Under: African American, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: Clara Barton, Geneva Convention, Nursing, Real Characters, Real Characters of Civil War Medicine, Red Cross, Women

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