Civil War Medicine

Fee:

Free.

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Location: LAT/LONG: 37.115618, -93.419725

Join us in the multipurpose room of the visitor center.

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Dates & Times

Date:

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Time:

3:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Talk

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Description

Join us at the visitor center for a program on Civil War medicine presented by one of our volunteer docents.

Experience some of the difficult choices faced by surgeons and soldiers when treating wounded comrades. Discover how medicine and people coped with the most violent conflict in our nation's history in the aftermath of battle.

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Reservation or Registration: No

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Contact Information

Clayton Hanson
417-732-2662
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Image Gallery

A bone saw, probe, and suture scissors on an army blanket.

Tools of a Civil War surgeon.
NPS Photo/Clayton Hanson