Tag: First Battle Of Bull Run

  • Nation & World

    Saga of a Civil War surgeon

    A lecture series on medicine in the Civil War continues at Harvard Medical School with a look at Zabdiel Boylston Adams, a descendant of an iconic American founding family who served heroically as both a doctor and an infantry officer.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Black Confederates

    A Harvard historian weighs in on a controversy about “black Confederates,” describing how many there were and what meaning they have in an ongoing debate over the causes of the Civil War.

    5 minutes