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Photographer: James F. Gibson
Taken: June 1862
Caption: Savage Station, Virginia. Union field hospital after the battle of June 27
Additional Description: Photo shows a makeshift field hospital with wounded soldiers sitting and lying on the ground while some receive care. Includes the straw-hatted Sixteenth New York Infantry who fought at Gaines' Mill on June 27. Most were captured when Confederates overtook the area during the battle of Savage's Station on June 29. (Source: Bob Zeller, Civil War in Depth, v. 1, p. 34) - Library of Congress. This is the same photograph as on the marker, but without cropping.
Submitted: September 30, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p331582
File Size: 0.060 Megabytes

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