Between the Bylines: Union and Independence in the Summer of 1861
It’s July 4th weekend, for many Americans a time for celebration, fireworks, and grilling. But it’s also an opportunity to think about …
Category: Medical
Only the First Step Costs: The Pioneering Work of Phoebe Pember and Susie King Taylor
The American Civil War helped nursing become a profession for women in the United States. Although some training for nurses did exist …
Annual Legacies: Pheobe Yates Levy Pember
Born Phoebe Yates Levy on August 18, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina, she was the fourth of seven children in a prominent …
Annual Legacies: Susie Baker King Taylor
Susie Baker King Taylor was born into slavery on August 6, 1848 to Hagar and Raymond Baker on the Grest Farm in …
Annual Legacies: Annie Bell
Annie Bell was the central subject for one of the most popular photos used by the U.S. Sanitary Commission (USSC). The photo, …
Not Alone in History: Are You Doing Something?
Have you made masks yet? I haven’t, though it’s all the rage right now and one can find instructions all over the …
May 2017 Artifacts of the Month | Richmond Sharpshooters Medicine Chest
By Robert Hancock Senior Curator & Director of Collections This medicine case was presented to the Richmond Sharpshooters, Company H, 23rd Virginia …
February 2016 Artifact of the Month | Captain Sally Tompkins
By Jodi Frederiksen Collections Manager The PBS television show Mercy Street tells the story of Mansion House, a hotel appropriated by Federal …
The Force is Strong with Dr. Jonathan Letterman
Meg Thompson of the Emerging Civil War blog recently made an interesting connection between the American Civil War and the Intergalactic Civil …