Medicine
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Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire was born on October 11, 1835, in Winchester, Virginia. One of seven children, McGuire’s family was a prominent medical...
Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes
Isaac Israel Hayes was born on March 5, 1832, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. As a young man, Hayes attended the Westtown School, a Quaker...
Gettysburg: "While Lying Here Entirely Helpless"
Lieutenant Charles A. Fuller served in the 61st New York Infantry Regiment. On July 2, 1863, while fighting in The Wheatfield during the Battle of...
10 hechos sobre Clara Barton
Clara Barton fue una de las voluntarias médicas más destacadas de la Guerra Civil y ayudó a revolucionar la medicina en el campo de batalla incluso...
Walt Whitman and Civil War Hospitals
The following are excerpts from Walt Whitman’s Complete Prose Works.
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Hallowed Ground Magazine, Spring 2024
This issue of Hallowed Ground takes a closer look at the topic of the Civil War and medicine. Drawing parallels between past and present conflicts...