[Washington, D.C. Staff, buildings, and wagons of the Medical Department]

GLC05111.01.0185

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0185-View header record
Type
Images
Date
April 1865
Title
[Washington, D.C. Staff, buildings, and wagons of the Medical Department]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 albumen print Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 17.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A print of a photograph of a large group of civilian men standing on a sidewalk in front of buildings of the Medical Department. Soldiers carrying their rifles at the right shoulder shift and with bayonets fixed are spaced regularly along the sidewalk, in front of the men. The soldiers are Union troops wearing state or militia issued uniforms [either light blue or grey]. Crates of goods appear on the right hand side of the photograph. Army supply wagons appear on the left hand side of the photograph. Men are unloading crates from the wagon. Verso notations: "XXIX" "921"

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