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"Medicine has Scarcely Entered its Threshold": Medicine in the 1700s
Find out just how advanced, or not advanced, medicine was in the 18th century.
The Christian Commission at Gettysburg
The aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg was horrible beyond belief. Thousands of grievously wounded soldiers lay strewn across the fields or...
Georgeanna Woolsey: A Day in the Life of a Northern Nurse
A page which describes the experiences of Georgeanne Woolsey, who became a volunteer nurse during the Civil War.
Camp Letterman at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The result was a total of more than 51,000 combined casualties. About 14,000...
Dorothea Lynde Dix
Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine. As a young child, Dorothea moved to Worchester, Massachusetts, to live with her...
