As such, the Civil War also functions as a useful starting point for investigating the history of racial disparities in both health and health care in the United States.

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Katherine and many other women joined the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861. It raised millions of dollars throughout the war from fund ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

The female students – numbering 20 to 30 at a time – lived at school and wore nurses’ uniforms to rigorous classes on anatomy, surgical nursing, physiology, chemistry, sanitation and ethics.

A Quaker widow and U.S. Sanitary Commission agent, Bickerdyke traveled with the Union army, offering nursing support to the injured soldiers at 19 battlefields and assisting with amputations.

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Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy, and one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation’s history.

The General McPherson Camp No. 1, Sons Of Union Veterans Of the Civil War, will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 23 at the Whole Hog Cafe, 1400 S.E. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville.