[Tending wounded Union soldiers at Savage's Station, Virginia, during the Peninsular Campaign] (LOC)

    Gibson, James F.,, b. 1828,, photographer.

    [Tending wounded Union soldiers at Savage's Station, Virginia, during the Peninsular Campaign]

    [1862]

    1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen, hand colored ; 3.25 x 6.75 in.

    Notes:
     Photo shows a makeshift field hospital with wounded soldiers sitting and lying on the ground while some receive care. Includes the straw-hatted Sixteenth New York Infantry who fought at Gaines' Mill on June 27. Most were captured when Confederates overtook the area during the battle of Savage's Station on June 29. (Source: Bob Zeller, Civil War in Depth, v. 1, p. 34)

    Title devised by Library staff.
    Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
    Card without hand-coloring published in: The Civil War in depth / Bob Zeller. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997-2000, v. 1, p. 34.

    Subjects:
     Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862.
    Soldiers--Virginia--Savage's Station--1860-1870.
    War casualties--Virginia--Savage's Station--1860-1870.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects--Virginia--Savage's Station.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Virginia--Savage's Station.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Virginia--Savage's Station.

    Format: Stereographs--1860-1870.
    Albumen prints--Hand colored--1860-1870.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s02416
    hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.2s02416

    Call Number: LOT 14044, no. 32

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