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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 […]
The Washington Monument rises prominently above the city of Washington, D.C., serving as a distinguished landmark known around the world. Although the Washington Monument is no longer the tallest structure globally—having once held that distinction at 555 feet—it continues to be recognized as the tallest free-standing stone structure in the world. Visitors […]
Join us for a conversation on the preservation of Clara Barton’s legacy at two historic sites: the Clara Barton National Historic Site in Glen Echo, MD, and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington, DC. Speakers will share the preservation history of the Missing Soldiers Office and what projects are […]
In August of 1863, President Lincoln praised the efforts of the Union Navy: “…Nor must Uncle Sam’s Web-feet be forgotten. At all the watery margins they have been present. Not only on the deep sea, the broad bay, and the rapid river, but also up the narrow muddy bayou, and wherever the […]
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 […]
When thinking of reasons why people wrote the Missing Soldiers Office (MSO), it is assumed that they were family looking for loved ones. The search for Lieutenant Grover Young (or Youngs) of the 5th Kansas Cavalry initiated from a decidedly less personal source – a newspaper. Why would a newspaper be concerned […]
As America celebrates its semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of our founding, there is no better time to explore Clara Barton’s ties to the nation’s birth. At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, the conflict where Barton became known as “The Angel of the Battlefield” for her trailblazing work as […]
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 […]
