Podcast: Public historian Jake Wynn on the vast hospital in Frederick, Pry House

In Episode 62, Frederick, Maryland-based public historian Jake Wynn joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks for a discussion about what happened in Frederick and beyond in the aftermath of Antietam. Plus, enjoy a lively discussion about the Pry House — McClellan HQ or not? — and some Abraham Lincoln chit-chat. Wynn writes online at wynninghistory.com and is a co-host on the "Public History with Justin, Jake and Molly" podcast.

Zoom in for virtual visits to eight hospitals at Antietam

On a one-hour Zoom call hosted by Jake Wynn, director of interpretation at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, I talked about Antietam hospitals. Among the topics were:  

• STEPHEN GROVE FARM | Shepherdstown Pike | Where Lincoln visited with wounded from both sides
• GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH | Main Street in Sharpsburg | Heart-rending stories about 16th Connecticut soldiers
• JOHN OTTO FARM | Burnside Bridge Road | "Why Did I Not Die?": Henry Adams' story
• CRYSTAL SPRING HOSPITAL | Geeting Road | Tragedy for Hiram Appelman
• HENRY ROHRBACH FARM | Beyond Burnside Bridge | Botched amputation of Richard Jobes
• WIDOW SUSAN HOFFMAN FARM | Keedyville Road | Where nurse inspired wounded
• SMOKETOWN HOSPITAL | Keedysville Road | Where Maria Hall earned praised for her nursing
• DR. OTHO J. SMITH FARM | Mansfield Road | "Hold my hand til I die."