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Ambulance drill at Headquarters Army of Potomac, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864 – Historic Print

Ambulance drill at Headquarters Army of Potomac, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864, [1864, printed later] — historic photograph
Ambulance drill at Headquarters Army of Potomac, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864, [1864, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Ambulance drill at Headquarters Army of Potomac, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Ambulance drill at Headquarters Army of Potomac, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864

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Drilling crews at Army of the Potomac headquarters near Brandy Station, Virginia, show the army's ambulances being put through their paces during the winter camp of March 1864. The Union ambulance corps had been reorganized under medical director Jonathan Letterman in 1862 so that trained drivers and wagons could reach wounded men on the field and carry them quickly to aid stations. The record dates the scene to 1864, though the print itself was made later, and it preserves a routine that civilians rarely saw, offering a close look at the logistics behind battlefield care.

Created / published[1864, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesNo. 285. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsSoldiers--Virginia--Brandy Station--1860-1870. Ambulances--Virginia--Brandy Station--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,696 × 3,786 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221447

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