National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Since its founding in 1990, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine has endeavored to tell the story of Civil War medicine so that the efforts of the men and women who served in a medical capacity would not be forgotten. It is a story that still affects us today, sin...ce many of the advancements made during the Civil War, by both the Union and Confederate Medical Departments, form the basis of modern medical care, especially our modern emergency techniques. Read More