Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Civil War’ Category

Confederate field hospital recreated

Posted in Added by Jeanette Harlow, Civil War, Historic sites, Hospital histories, Hospitals, Physicians on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In July of 1861, the Pringle family of Manassas, VA, saw their rented plantation home filled with the sights and sounds of wounded soldiers as it was transformed into a Confederate field hospital. The field hospital has been recreated and is open for tours as part of the statewide Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. For more information, see the following sources:

Prince William County: Sesquicentennial of the Virginia Civil War.  http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=010014001370005556

Ben Lomond House: From Home to Hospital . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7N_LvAHAfM&tracker=False

Plantation home transformed into Civil War field hospital. Manassas Patch. http://manassas.patch.com/articles/plantation-home-transformed-into-civil-war-field-hospital#c

Posted by the Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History, (312) 422-2050, chhah@aha.org

Read Full Post »

The Diary of a Civil War Nurse

Posted in Added by Jeanette Harlow, Civil War, Health Care, Historical Events, Hospitals, Nurses on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A special display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History titled “So Much Need of Service—The Diary of a Civil War Nurse” tells the story of Civil War nurse Amanda Akin. Through letters to her family and a journal about her personal moments in the hospital, Akin provides a glimpse into the daily life of the several million men and women who left their families and communities behind to contribute to the Civil War effort.

On view April 22 until July 31, the display includes Akin’s personal diary and the published account of her experience. A companion web site is available at http://americanhistory.si.edu/civilwardc with a mobile map application for visitors to find Civil War sites in Washington, D.C.

To read Akin’s book, The Lady Nurse of Ward E, see http://www.archive.org/details/ladynursewarde00steagoog

Read Full Post »

Civil Practice to Civil War. The Medical College of the State of South Carolina, 1861- 1865

Posted in Added by Jeanette Harlow, Civil War, Health Care, Health Care Workforce, Historical Events on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Three months after South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1861, the Medical College of the State of South Carolina (MCSSC), as it was known from 1832 until 1952, suspended classes and remained on hiatus for five years. Many of the College’s faculty, students, and alumni joined the Confederate military, getting an entirely new education in the field hospitals and on the battlefields.

A new web exhibit, “Civil Practice to Civil War. The Medical College of the State of South Carolina, 1861- 1865”, highlights the stories of but a few of the hundreds of MCSSC’s alumni, faculty and students who took their medical bags to war.

Source: ” Civil Practice to Civil War: The Medical College of the State of South Carolina, 1861-1865″ an online exhibition of the Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina Library. Charleston, SC: Waring Historical Library, 2009.

http://waring.library.musc.edu/exhibits/civilwar

Read Full Post »

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.