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In 1911, an unlikely connection emerged between the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a garment factory in New York City that employed hundreds of workers, primarily young immigrant women, who labored long hours in crowded and often unsafe conditions. On March […]
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When Pius Blessing’s muster roll listed him as “missing” in the spring of 1864, the Army had no better word for what had happened to him. It would be nearly a year before that record was corrected, and considerably longer before the rest of his story – a family already marked by […]
Despite the awe-inspiring achievements of the engineers who served in the Civil War, their role does not often conjure grand ideas of heroism. The infantry, cavalry, and artillery made up the largest elements of the Union Army, and as combatants, their war stories have captured public attention and popular imagination. Engineers constituted […]
Join 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 […]
“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 […]
The only weapon on display at the museum is a rusty socket bayonet discovered in 1996 by Richard Lyons in the attic with the rest of Clara Barton’s belongings It can now be found in a case on the third floor. As the building was a boarding house during the Civil War, […]
The end of the Civil War brought an end to the dangers Clara Barton faced as a volunteer army nurse, but it did not bring an end to her work. In March 1865, with the support of President Lincoln, she accomplished the monumental task of establishing the Missing Soldiers Office—just weeks before […]
Battle-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 […]
In 1861, anti-recruitment riots in Baltimore marked a key moment in the Civil War. Tensions were high as Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers angered Southern sympathizers, especially in divided states like Maryland. When the 6th Massachusetts Infantry arrived in Baltimore, they were attacked by an agitated mob. In self-defense, the soldiers fired […]
