Join the Warren Heritage Society in welcoming Dana Shoaf, Director of Interpretation at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, who will be presenting:

Gutbusters: The Development of Civil War Ambulances

Prior to the Civil War, the U.S. Army did not use ambulances, nor were such vehicles used in civilian life. Drawing from European examples, however, both the Union and Confederate military made extensive use of ambulances during the conflict. And at war’s end. ambulances immediately became a fixture in day-to-day American <a href="http://life.

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This talk will examine how ambulances were developed and used during the Civil War, and also take a look at the many ambulance models, both good and bad, that were developed between 1861-1865.

This Warren Heritage Society Third Thursday Program is FREE and will be hosted at Stone Branch Center for the Arts, 114 E Main <a href="http://St.

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Thursday, February 19, 5:30pm – 7:00pm