Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners
Events
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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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Battle-Tempered: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of War
Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor's Center 5201 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD, United StatesBattle-Tempered: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of War Join the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and partner organizations for a unique one-day conference. 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Monocacy National Battlefield “Character, Warrior Identity, and Moral Leadership: Union Colonel Charles Gilpin at Monocacy and in Peace” Stephen A. Goldman, MD 9:30 […]
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Civil War Nurses at Arlington: Women Who Healed a Nation
FeaturedArlington National Cemetery Meigs Ave, Fort Myer, VA, United StatesJoin us for a members-only walking tour at Arlington National Cemetery, visiting the final resting places of the women who served as Civil War nurses. Meet Dorothea Dix's recruits and the volunteers of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions through the true stories of the women who lie here: a nurse who survived […]
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