Point Lookout, Maryland: A Confederate POW Camp, a Union Fort, and a Place to Fish

Point Lookout's location marked it for many things during the Civil War, including a large Confederate POW camp.

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Heroines of Mercy Street Revisited

A few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.

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Staying warm took ingenuity--including a contraption called a Crimean Oven.

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I took part in a November 19 ceremony to inaugurate a historical marker at the location of L'Ouverture Hospital in Alexandria.

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As you have watched "Mercy Street," have you wondered whatever happened to Mansion House Hospital?

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African American women made up about 10% of the Union hospital nurse workforce.