“Civil War Medical Service: Local Field Nurses and Hospitals” will be held on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Geneva Historical Society’s fall lecture series marking the 150^th anniversary of the Civil War. Presenter Robert Dickson, Archivist of the Baker-Cederberg Medical Museum and Archives in Rochester, will share the impact of the war on hospital creation and look at how military and civilian hospitals filled their needs for medical personnel. Vicki Profitt, a board member of Historic Pittsford and local researcher, will share her research into the lives and work of Rochester area Civil War field nurses.

The Geneva Historical Society is located at 543 South Main Street. Parking is on the street or in the Trinity Episcopal Church lot across the street. For more information call 315-789-5151.