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Hospital attendants - collecting the wounded after the engagement - within our lines near Hatchers run – Antique Wall Art

Hospital attendants - collecting the wounded after the engagement - within our lines near Hatchers run, [1864 between September and October] — historic drawing
Hospital attendants - collecting the wounded after the engagement - within our lines near Hatchers run, [1864 between September and October]. Historic drawing from the Civil War 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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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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Night settles over the field in this drawing, where hospital attendants gather up the wounded within Union lines near Hatcher's Run, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia. The sheet, worked in pencil, Chinese white and black ink wash on brown paper, dates to the fall of 1864, when Union forces were pushing their lines west of the city to cut the Southside Railroad and other supply routes feeding Lee's army. Scenes of stretcher parties recovering men after dark were a common subject for artists recording the medical side of the Civil War, and this work shows how care for the injured continued long after the fighting ended.

Created / published[1864 between September and October]
Medium1 drawing on brown paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 22.9 x 33.9 cm. (sheet).
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
SubjectsNight--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
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,180 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217593

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