The First Cut: A Railroad Accident, an Amputation, and a Firestorm in Congress
Schedule
Sat, 02 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701 | Frederick, MD
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Saturday Speaker Series: Jon-Erik GilotPopular 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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48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701Event Location & Nearby Stays:
