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Standard medicines used during the Civil War

The Cost of War

The Civil War's unprecedented casualties, evolving medical practices, and emergence of issues like PTSD and opioid addiction underscore the enduring...

Landscape of U.S. Christian Commission in tents at Gettysburg, PA

Civil War | Article

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...

Original pocket surgical kit on display in the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

Civil War | Article

A Fight for Life or Death

In the nation’s bloodiest conflict, there were two wars at play — the one between Union and Confederate forces and the other pitting life against...

Civil War | Article

Satterlee General Hospital

Originally named West Philadelphia Hospital and renamed after a veteran of the Mexican American War, Dr. Richard Sherwood Satterlee, Satterlee General...

Civil War | Article

Chimborazo Hospital

Named after an inactive volcano in Ecuador, Chimborazo Hospital was the largest military hospital in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Originally...

Civil War | Museum

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Silver Springs, Maryland | The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) was founded as the Army Medical Museum at the height of the Civil War in...