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As the first comprehensive botanical history of the Civil War, Judith Sumner’s recent book "Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History" examines military and civilian uses of plants, from plantation landscapes and agriculture to slave medicine, prosthetic limbs, and military engineering. Plants provided both the cash crops at the heart of the conflict and the raw material used in waging war. This illustrated talk will emphasize the key topics of crops and enslavement, plantation life, Civil War medicine, and southern landscapes and war—all illuminated from a botanical perspective.

This is a virtual presentation only, and may be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/@nmcwm. This presentation is free for members and $5 suggested fee for non-members.