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Photographer: Mark Hilton
Taken: May 25, 2017
Caption: Visitors Center exhibits (3 of 5).
Additional Description: Confederate Hospital (left): Vicksburg's homes often served as hospitals for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. This exhibit depicts such a room converted to the office of a surgeon for the Southern troops. Most furnishings are original period pieces; replicas include the Confederate litter, surgical kit, and soldier's jacket. The surgical kit, made by Gemrig of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is typical of those used by doctors of both armies. Field Officer's Tent (middle): This exhibit shows the equipment and accouterments of an army officer's field office. Most furnishings are original, with the exceptions of the replica camp table and tent. Of special interest is the field desk used at Vicksburg by Captain Henry Ede, regimental quartermaster, 81st Illinois Volunteers. Milliken's Bend (right): Black troops were repeatedly cited for heroic conduct in battle and steadfastness under trying field conditions. On June 7, 1863, Milliken's Bend became one of the first such battles, and, in the words of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, was, "The first important engagement of the war in which colored troops were under fire."
Submitted: June 9, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p385117
File Size: 2.612 Megabytes

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