BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Silver Spring -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Forest Glen Annex) -- Exhibit: Civil War

MD -- Silver Spring -- Natl Museum of Health and Medicine (Forest Glen Annex) -- Exhibit: Civil War:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NMHMCW_160508_01.JPG: 1862: As casualties mounted in 1862, Americans realized the war would be neither short nor easy. Both sides mobilized their forces for a protracted campaign marked by increasingly bloody clashes. In early April, more Americans died in combat during the two-day Battle of Shiloh than in all previous American wars combined. The Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, became the single bloodiest day in American history with 23,000 dead, wounded, and missing.
2. NMHMCW_160508_05.JPG: 1862: The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, with high optimism on both sides that it would be short and easy. As casualties mounted, however, Americans came to realize that the war would be neither short, nor easy. At the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, more Americans died in two days of combat than in all previous American wars combined. In May, Army Surgeon General Hammond established the Army Medical Museum to study and mitigate the effects of combat and disease on Union soldiers. And on September 17 of the same year, the Battle of Antietam became the single bloodiest day in American history, with over 23,000 dead, wounded, and missing.
3. NMHMCW_160508_13.JPG: 1863: After two years of fighting, the war began to shift in the Union's favor in 1863. Casualties on both sides continued to mount at a staggering rate. The Confederate defeats at Vicksburg and Port Hudson left the Mississippi River entirely in Union hands, at a cost of 19,000 killed and wounded. The three-day Battle of Gettysburg turned back the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, while exacting a toll of nearly 50,000 killed, wounded, and missing.
4. NMHMCW_160508_22.JPG: 1864: The third year of the Civil War saw the advance of Union arms and the gradual retreat of Confederate forces on all fronts. To modern eyes, 150 years later, the eventual defeat of the Confederacy seemed all but assured. At the time, however, the final outcome remained unclear, and 1864 would prove to be the bloodiest year of the war. By mid-summer, President Lincoln admitted that the North was nearly exhausted and began to doubt his re-election. The capture of Atlanta in September and overwhelming support among the soldier vote in November ensured Lincoln's victory and the continuation of the war.
5. NMHMCW_160508_36.JPG: 1865: The year 1865 brought the Civil War to its bloody conclusion, as Union armies converged on the last strongholds of the Confederacy in Virginia and the Carolinas. Major battles were fought on many fronts, but the inevitable end came in April with the surrender of the two main Confederate armies still in the field and the collapse of the Confederate government.
6. NMHMCW_160508_42.JPG: Civil War Collections: The years 2011-2015 mark the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in US history. Deaths on both sides totaled more than 600,000, while another 600,000 suffered from wounds or illnesses that required medical attention. From today's perspective, Civil War medicine seems rudimentary. Many doctors had only limited formal medical education and both sides saw thousands die from diseases that spread quickly throughout most military encampments. Yet the Civil War led to remarkable advances in military medical care, as documented by the specimens and artifacts gathered by the Army Medical Museum. Amassed from historical, anatomical, and archival collections, these objects provide an incomparable resource for the study of Civil War medicine.
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