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Gettysburg: "It is Dreadful to Behold"
Sarah Broadhead lived in Gettysburg when the Battle of Gettysburg occurred in July 1863.
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...
“Our Division Had a Rude Field Hospital”
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was severely wounded on June 18, 1864, while leading a Union charge near Petersburg, Virginia.
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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...
“We Came to a Small Log House Where Our Wounded Had Been Carried”
Riley M. Hoskinson—a provisions master in the Union army—wrote to his wife on October 27, 1863, describing a Civil War field hospital and how he had...
1870: "What Might Have Happened if Dr. Tan[n] Hadn't Found Them"
In one of her semi-autobiographical novels, Laura Ingalls Wilder recalls her first interaction with an African American man, Dr. George Tann. Laura's...
