As the U.S. war machine churned to life during World War II, the need for manpower began to push the limits of the ...

Mercy Street reminds viewers that the advances of the Civil War era—freedom for African Americans, enhanced opportunities for women, and medical advances for doctors, nurses, and their patients ...

Sometimes nurses — Clara Barton was one — learned ... Cashier’s fellow soldiers — crusty old Civil War veterans — stepped in to defend him. When he died, they made sure he was buried ...