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General Hospital, near Gettysburg, Pa. : This hospital was established by the Government soon after the battle, and furnished accommodation for about three thousand wounded soldiers

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General Hospital, near Gettysburg, Pa. : This hospital was established by the Government soon after the battle, and furnished accommodation for about three thousand wounded soldiers
Additional title: Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863
Additional title: Gettysburg General Hospital
Additional title: Camp Letterman
Names
United States Sanitary Commission (Creator)
Tyson Brothers (Photographer)
Collection

United States Sanitary Commission records. Condensed historical matter

Photographs

Photographs in portfolio

Gettysburg and vicinity

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1861 - 1871
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 18819
Topics
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects
Public health -- United States
Gettysburg (Pa.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields
Tyson Brothers. Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863
Military hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Camp Letterman General Hospital (Gettysburg, P.a.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Box 17 item 15 [Image ID: 1150191] is identical image.
Biographical/historical: Camp Letterman was an American Civil War military hospital, which was erected near the Gettysburg Battlefield to treat more than 14,000 Union and 6,800 Confederate wounded of the Battle of Gettysburg at the beginning of July, 1863 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Letterman, retrieved November 9, 2023
Content: Additional titles from https://www.loc.gov/item/2012650193/, retrieved November 9, 2023
Physical Description
Albumen prints
Extent: 1 photograph ; 14 x 22 cm. on mount 21 x 28 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
MSS Unit ID: 18819
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11660964
Archives EAD ID: 363375
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b31235d0-5af3-013c-36fb-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1861: Created (Approximate)
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1861 - 1871). General Hospital, near Gettysburg, Pa. : This hospital was established by the Government soon after the battle, and furnished accommodation for about three thousand wounded soldiers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e786-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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General Hospital, near Gettysburg, Pa. : This hospital was established by the Government soon after the battle, and furnished accommodation for about three thousand wounded soldiers