Point Lookout, Maryland: A Confederate POW Camp, a Union Fort, and a Place to Fish
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Point Lookout's location marked it for many things during the Civil War, including a large Confederate POW camp.
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Heroines of Mercy Street Revisited
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A few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.
Read MoreKeeping Warm in a Civil War Encampment
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Staying warm took ingenuity--including a contraption called a Crimean Oven.
Read MoreL'Ouverture Hospital and My 4.5 Minutes of Fame
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I took part in a November 19 ceremony to inaugurate a historical marker at the location of L'Ouverture Hospital in Alexandria.
Read MoreMansion House Hospital Today
/As you have watched "Mercy Street," have you wondered whatever happened to Mansion House Hospital?
Read MoreAfrican Americans in Civil War Medicine
/African American women made up about 10% of the Union hospital nurse workforce.
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