Before war in the twentieth century, disease was the number one killer of combatants. Of the 620,000 recorded military deaths in the Civil War about two-thirds died from disease. However ...

Hearing about the different diseases that affected soldiers during the Civil War. Learning how women nursed the wounded and sick. As part of the weekend event, Dr. Trevor Steinbach will present the ...

"Incidents of the war: A harvest of death ... who were never identified 2 out of 3 — Number of Civil War deaths that occurred from disease rather than battle 68,162 — Number of inquiries ...

African Americans in Civil War Medicine” traveling exhibition will be held at the Luzerne County Community College Library ...

The Lincoln County Genealogical Society will host “Civil War Field Medicine” presentation at its monthly meeting on Saturday, ...