The NMCWM summer lectures on the Civil War will be held at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine 48 East Patrick Street downtown Frederick, MD 21701 each Thursday at 7:30 PM in July and August 2008.

* Mr. Ed Bearss is one of the most gifted speakers and well respected historians of the Civil War and because of this his lecture will be the only one that requires an RSVP. Contact: Mr. Robert Burton (301) 695-1864 or "education@civilwarmed.org" .

Programs:                                                                   Speakers:

July 3, 2008 - Sex in the Civil War                                                       Executive Director George Wunderlich

July 10, 2008 - The Real Story of Barbara Fritchie                                 Author Steven Stotelmyer

July 17, 2008 - Women in the Civil War                                                Hood Professor Betsy Estilow

July 24, 2008 - Battle of Monacacy                                                        Author Marc Leepson

July 31, 2008 - Civil War Wounds                                                     Historian Ed Bearss (RSVP ) * 

August 7, 2008 - Flags of the Cvil War                                                   Historian Robert Hartman

Augutst 14, 2008 - Technology of the Civil War Era                               Author Dr. Robert Slawson

August 21, 2008 - Lincoln's Gettysburg Address                                     Historian Robert Hess

August 28, 2008 - Civil War Quilting                                                        Mavis Slawson