This circa 1845 surgical kit, now in the collection of the McLean County Museum of History, arrived in McLean County with Dr. Wanton Parker and may have been used by Dr. Lee Smith in the Civil War.

Episode 203 of Mercy Street introduces viewers to a new character, an anatomical artist from Paris, named Lisette. How was anatomical practice and medicine recorded during the war? Historians examine ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Schulich School of ...

My grandfather told me that when he was a boy, he would steal glances at a Civil War veteran sitting in church every Sunday. The man had a gaping hole in his forehead, a gruesome reminder of the ...