Dr. Mary E. Walker of New York embarked on a crusade to become a surgeon in the Union Army.
by David Price
Real Characters
As the Civil War raged, poet Walt Whitman set up shop in the Union capital and volunteered in the city’s war-time hospitals.
Discover the story behind the real hoop skirt assassin.
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.
