Parasitic Diseases, Microscopy and the American Civil War

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Shauna Devine, Ph.D., discusses 19th Century microscopes and parasitic diseases and their treatments during the Civil War.

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Charlotte, played by Patina Miller, teaches a class of former slaves

Genealogist Kenyatta D. Berry discusses how education for newly freed African American families was a gateway to a better life.

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Emma Green runs to aid injured soldiers in Episode 204

In this blog post, Jane E. Schultz, Ph.D., details the relief work done by clergy and laypeople during the Civil War and the complex subject of nursing the enemy.

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Sam Diggs, played by McKinley Belcher III, tends to a sick man.

Audrey P. Davis, Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, discusses the history of the first African American doctors to practice in the United States.

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Private Ames in Mercy Street Episode 204

Anya Jabour, Ph.D., explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War.

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African American Firsts in Medicine: Setting the Standard for Future Generations

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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America

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