Pry House Field Hospital Museum Come and visit the Pry House
Field Hospital Museum. This museum is located in the historic
Pry House on the Antietam Battlefield, which served both as
Union Commander General George B. McClellan’s headquarters and
as Medical Director Dr. Jonathan Letterman’s headquarters during
the battle. Exhibits include a re-creation of an operating
theater, interpretive panels, objects relating to the care of
the wounded, the history of the Pry House and family, and
information on the revolutionary system of evacuation of wounded
created by Dr. Letterman during the battle, which is still in
use today. This is why the Pry House is considered the
birthplace of military and emergency medicine. The grounds
around the house also offer many sights. The Pry Barn, which was
used as a field hospital, will be open to the public with
displays on field hospitals. There is also an overlook at which
you can view the battlefield in almost the same spot at General
McClellan and his staff did in 1862. And r