National Museum of Civil War Medicine
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Tuesday March 17 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Meet the Author: Damian Shiels
Join us for this virtual event LIVE on Facebook, Tuesday, March 17th at 7 p.m. We’ll have a special St. Patrick’s Day edition of Meet the Author with Damian Shiels and a presentation about his book Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865, follow......More
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Friday March 20 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series: Women Who Fought the Civil War
Please bring your lunch and enjoy a 30 minute lecture at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum! Disguised and Determined: Women Who Fought in the Civil WarThere are hundreds of documented cases of women who fought disguised as men during the Civil War. Tracey ......More
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Saturday March 21 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Shipwreck on the Potomac: Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln’s Killer
Join us for our Saturday Speaker Series with author Karen Stone. While helping catch President Abraham Lincoln’s killers, the barge “Black Diamond” was rammed and sank in the Potomac River, killing 87 men. In this talk, Stone will unfold the story of this heroic pursuit......More
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Saturday March 28 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Hooves, Paws, and Claws for the Cause: Animals in the U.S. Civil War
Join us for a special Saturday Speaker Event with NMCWM author and volunteer Brad Stone who will be discussing his new book Hooves, Paws, and Claws for the Cause: Animals in the U.S. Civil War. Dogs, cats, horses, pigs, camels, bears, badgers, bald eagles, silk worms, ......More
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Saturday April 4 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More
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Saturday April 11 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More
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Saturday April 11 11:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Living History at the Museum
Join us at the Museum for living history! Members of the Blue and Gray Hospital Association will be in the Delaplaine Randall Conference Room describing the medical history of America’s bloodiest conflict. Dressed as members of the Confederate Medical Department and arm......More
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Saturday April 11 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Walking Tour: Clara Barton's Washington, D.C.
Join us as we step back into Civil War Washington, D.C. through the eyes of Clara Barton. On Saturdays at 1 p.m., Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum docents will guide guests through the neighborhood that Clara Barton lived in during the Civil War. Beginning at......More
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Sunday April 12 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More
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Saturday April 18 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More
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Saturday April 18 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
A Heart Touched By Fire: Union Nurse Cornelia Hancock’s Civil War
In 1863, Cornelia Hancock, a 23-year-old Quaker girl, wrote “After my only brother and every other male relative and friend that we possessed had gone to War, I deliberately came to the conclusion that I, too, would go and serve my country.” Two days after the great Ba......More
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Sunday April 19 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More
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Saturday April 25 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Shepherdstown: A Confederate Hospital Walking Tour
Join Museum docents for a walking tour of Downtown Shepherdstown focused on the city’s role as a makeshift hospital in the final months of 1862. The tour is limited to 15 participants. Tickets are $15 and include admission to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in......More
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Saturday April 25 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More
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Saturday April 25 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Walking Tour: Clara Barton's Washington, D.C.
Join us as we step back into Civil War Washington, D.C. through the eyes of Clara Barton. On Saturdays at 1 p.m., Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum docents will guide guests through the neighborhood that Clara Barton lived in during the Civil War. Beginning at......More
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Saturday April 25 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
Join us Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 2PM for a book talk on Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America by Scott Ellsworth. By the late summer of 1864, the outcome of the Civil War was far from certain. ......More
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Sunday April 26 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
One Vast Hospital - Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Museum docent Brad Stone on a walking tour Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift h......More