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Sickness and Disease during the Civil War

Discover the number one cause of death and suffering during the Civil War - disease.

12 years ago

Origins of Boxing Day

Boxing Day is widely celebrated in countries that are part of the British Commonwealth. It's origins are obscure, but they…

12 years ago

History of Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims to “Franksgiving”

Explore with us the history of the thanksgiving, on it's 150th year of annual celebration, rrom the feasts of ancient…

12 years ago

History of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which he gave at the commemoration of the Gettysburg Cemetery on November 19, 1863 was only…

12 years ago

A Civil War Ambulance

Join us at the Pry Field Hospital Museum to see a reconstruction of a Civil War ambulance.

12 years ago

Civil War Medicine – Dr. Letterman and the Battle of Antietam

Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the Union Army of the Potomac, revolutionized battlefield medicine with his Letterman Plan. In…

12 years ago

CSS David vs the USS New Ironsides

It was 150 years ago in one of the great dramatic naval fights of the Civil War, the little CSS…

12 years ago

Gettysburg 150th – Pickett’s Charge

The most famous fighting from the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 occurred in the climax of the battle, what is…

12 years ago

Stephen’s Battery – Building America’s First Ironclad

New video on the little known Stephen's Battery, one of the first attempts in America to build an Ironclad.

12 years ago