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The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia Presents: Cornelia Hancock’s Civil War
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States"Cornelia Hancock's Civil War: A Heart Touched by Fire From Gettysburg to the Grand Review" presented by Carolyn Ivanoff About the Topic: This presentation will introduce attendees to Quaker nurse Cornelia Hancock and the new Civil War biography by Carolyn Ivanoff. Hancock nursed fearlessly and devotedly from the Battle of Gettysburg to […]
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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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Occupied Alexandria: How the Civil War Transformed a Southern City
FeaturedClara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United StatesThe day after Virginia’s secession in May 1861, Union troops marched from Washington to occupy its neighbor Alexandria. A former powerhouse in the slave trade, Alexandria was the first Confederate city in Virginia to be occupied during the Civil War and governed under strict martial law. Overnight, this bustling urban town on […]
Free with Museum Admission
