After the War
Events
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The Widow Maker: How the Pension Office Forced Women to Fight for Survival After the Civil War
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesLearn how the Pension Office forced women to fight for survival after the Civil War.
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Weeping No More
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesSouthern black women artfully navigated the U.S. pension bureaucracy to gain recognition as Union widows.
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Troubled Refuge
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesExplore what contraband camps were really like and how former slaves and Union soldiers warily united to forge a new version of citizenship.
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Seeking Asylum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesHistorian Craig Swenson will discuss the turbulent process of securing medical care for mentally ill African Americans after the Civil War.
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The Freedmen’s Bureau in Virginia
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesHear the remarkable story of the Freedmen's Bureau work in war-torn Virginia after the Civil War on April 19, 2018 at the Missing Soldiers Office
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HumanitiesDC Culture Series: Sex Work in Civil War Washington and Beyond
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesWashington, DC saw an unprecedented rise in sex work during the Civil War due to the thousands of Union soldiers who flooded into the city for training. Brothels provided income, shelter, and independence for women who, in some cases, had few other places to turn. They built businesses and turned access to […]
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Last Seen: Searching for Missing Loved Ones after the Civil War
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesLast Seen: Searching for Missing Loved Ones after the Civil War - Professor Judith Giesberg In this talk, professor Judith Giesberg from Villanova University will discuss her new book, Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People for their Lost Families, that follows ten freed people searching for the loved ones […]
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How Civil War Medicine Killed President James Garfield
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesWhen an assassin’s bullet struck James Garfield in July 1881, the battle to save the president’s life began. In the weeks that followed, doctors argued over how to treat the stricken executive. In the end, Dr. D. Willard Bliss, a former Civil War surgeon, took control of Garfield’s recovery and controversy has […]
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“All the Elements of Sublimity and Terror”: Veterans and the Psychological Impact of War
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States“All the Elements of Sublimity and Terror”: Veterans and the Psychological Impact of War - Stephen A. Goldman, M.D., LFACLP, DLFAPA War has existed almost since the dawn of civilization, with its horrors the subject of poems, novels, histories, and memoirs for centuries, and movies since cinema began. At the same […]
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Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series: Dr. Charles Leale and the Medical Treatment of Abraham Lincoln
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesPlease bring your lunch and enjoy a 30 minute lecture at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum! Dr. Charles Leale and the Medical Treatment of Abraham Lincoln Surgeon General Joseph Barnes witnessed Abraham Lincoln's autopsy on April 15th, 1865, recalling, "There it lay upon the white china, a little black mass […]
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