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Dr. Alexander Augusta: The U.S. Army’s First Black Surgeon
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesLearn the incredible story of the highest-ranking African American in the Civil War! Join us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office on February 28 at 2:00 PM as historian and re-enactor Dr. Michael A. Hill presents the story of Brevet Lt. Col. Alexander T. Augusta, M.D.: the first African American to be commissioned […]
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Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series: Women Who Fought in the Civil War
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! Disguised and Determined: Women Who Fought in the Civil War There are hundreds of documented cases of women who fought disguised as men during the Civil War. Tracey McIntire and Audrey Scanlan-Teller, PhD will […]
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Women of the Civil War Walking Tour at Congressional Cemetery
FeaturedCongressional Cemetery 1801 E St SE, Washington, DC, United StatesWomen’s contributions during the American Civil War were substantial. Thousands on both sides served as nurses, while others manufactured ammunition. Some even took up arms in the battle between North and South. Historic Congressional Cemetery is the final resting place of numerous women who had active roles in the deadliest American […]
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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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Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesJoin us Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 2PM for a book talk on Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America by Scott Ellsworth. By the late summer of 1864, the outcome of the Civil War was far from certain. Virginia […]
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Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesDavid J. Kent will discuss his most recent book, Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours. Lincoln in New England revisits the important towns where Lincoln spoke and the pivotal figures that helped define the great issues leading to the Civil War. Readers join native New Englander and Lincoln […]
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Fashion on the Front Lines: Dressing America in the Civil War
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesHow do clothing and conflict intertwine? What can a hoop skirt, a soldier’s shirt, or a nurse’s apron reveal about a country at war with itself? Join Emma Rowland at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on July 11, 2026 at 2PM for an immersive journey into the clothing and material culture […]
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