Hospital attendants - collecting the wounded after the engagement - within our lines near Hatchers run – Historic Print
![Hospital attendants - collecting the wounded after the engagement - within our lines near Hatchers run, [1864 between September and October] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d8/d86a1434a6b8-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Hospital attendants - collecting the wounded after the engagement - within our lines near Hatchers run, a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Under cover of darkness, stretcher-bearers move among the wounded in this drawing made within the Union lines near Hatcher's Run, south of Petersburg, Virginia, in autumn 1864. The fighting there was part of the long siege of Petersburg, when both armies dug in and skirmishes and assaults along the western approaches to the city produced steady streams of casualties. The artist worked in pencil, Chinese white and black ink wash on brown paper, a combination that lets the pale highlights of lanterns and bandages stand out against the dark ground. Night scenes of field medical work like this one were relatively uncommon in wartime imagery, and they show the labor behind the battlefield more than the battle itself.
| Created / published | [1864 between September and October] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 22.9 x 33.9 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Night--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties. Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.United States--Virginia--Hatcher's Run |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 975 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110324 |
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