During the Civil War, Chestnut Hill was home to one of the nation’s largest hospitals, Mower General Hospital, with 3,600 ...

Editor's Note: Dr. Shauna Devine is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...

There has been a lot written and spoken about the Hammond Hospital at Point Lookout and Oct. 29 at the Leonardtown Library presenter Susan Youhn spoke about some of the nurses and doctors who worked ...

The building was used, among other things, as a smallpox hospital during the Civil War. You can read more about the building's history at ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The dozens of Richmond hospitals that tended to the Civil War sick and wounded are being recognized with a state historical marker. Many hospitals were housed in converted ...

Clad in a dark dress with a black head scarf and starched white apron, Marlene Rivero incorporated song, props and stories to tell about the life of Ann Stokes, a nurse on Civil War hospital ship USS ...

Just a few minutes outside of Washington, D.C., a historic estate that served as a hospital and fort protecting the city during the Civil War is asking $11.5 million. The 3.5-acre home in the heart of ...