In retrospect, the surgeons in the Civil War did an outstanding job. As a result of the war, America gained hundreds of competent surgeons who would lay the foundations of modern surgical specialties.

Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President ...

Hearing about the different diseases that affected soldiers during the Civil War. Learning how women nursed the wounded and sick. As part of the weekend event, Dr. Trevor Steinbach will present the ...

To so many soldiers who trained and served at the Army post, the name meant something well beyond its original namesake.

African Americans in Civil War Medicine” traveling exhibition will be held at the Luzerne County Community College Library ...

says the author of the book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons. (Toronto Public Library - image credit) ...