The First Cut: A Railroad Accident, an Amputation, and a Firestorm in Congress, 2 August | Event in Frederick

The First Cut: A Railroad Accident, an Amputation, and a Firestorm in Congress

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

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Sat, 02 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm

48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701

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Sat, 02 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm (EDT)

48 E Patrick St, Maryland 21701

48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701-5628, United States

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The First Cut: A Railroad Accident, an Amputation, and a Firestorm in Congress
Saturday Speaker Series: Jon-Erik Gilot

Popular history tells us that young Confederate James Hanger endured the first amputation of the Civil War in June 1861. But Historian Jon-Erik Gilot will explain that history discounts the tragic story of William Parker, a conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad who lost both legs several days prior to Hanger, and who struggled for decades for recognition and compensation.

Jon-Erik Gilot is the Curator at the Captain Thomas Espy Grand Army of the Republic Post, Carnegie, Pa., and a contributing historian at Emerging Civil War. He works as a corporate archivist in Wheeling, West Virginia.

The presentation is included with admission to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.


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The First Cut: A Railroad Accident, an Amputation, and a Firestorm in Congress, 2 August | Event in Frederick
The First Cut: A Railroad Accident, an Amputation, and a Firestorm in Congress
Sat, 02 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm