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Confederate field hospital, Antietam battlefield

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Title
Confederate field hospital, Antietam battlefield
Description
Photograph, b/w
Interpretation
Wounded soldiers were taken from the battlefield to an improvised hospital that consisted of canvas stretched over stakes driven into the ground. Conditions in these hospitals were obviously far from sanitary.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Photographing War  
  • Civil War Battle Cubes  
  • Civil War-Matthew Brady Photos  
  • Antebellum Society and the Civil War  
Learning Standards
16 History  
Author or Creator
Brady, Matthew B., 1823-1896  
Source
The Real American Tragedy, by Homsey-Simon Production Company, 149 p., 1952, (p.70)  
Subject / Keywords
  • Civil War  
  • United States  
  • History  
  • Civil War, 1861-1865  
  • Medical care  
  • Hospitals, Military  
  • Medicine, Military  
  • Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862  
Temporal Coverage
1862
Collection Publisher
Illinois State Library
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
brady7.jpg
Date Created
01/07/03
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleConfederate field hospital, Antietam battlefield
DescriptionPhotograph, b/w
InterpretationWounded soldiers were taken from the battlefield to an improvised hospital that consisted of canvas stretched over stakes driven into the ground. Conditions in these hospitals were obviously far from sanitary.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Photographing War  
  • Civil War Battle Cubes  
  • Civil War-Matthew Brady Photos  
  • Antebellum Society and the Civil War  
Learning Standards16 History  
Author or CreatorBrady, Matthew B., 1823-1896  
SourceThe Real American Tragedy, by Homsey-Simon Production Company, 149 p., 1952, (p.70)  
Subject / Keywords
  • Civil War  
  • United States  
  • History  
  • Civil War, 1861-1865  
  • Medical care  
  • Hospitals, Military  
  • Medicine, Military  
  • Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862  
Temporal Coverage1862
Collection PublisherIllinois State Library
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifierbrady7.jpg
Date Created01/07/03
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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