Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Civil War Hospitals in Western Maryland
Media Items
ItemID
wcac310
IDEntry
1291
Creator
Alexander Gardner
Rights
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-cwpb-00259
Date
Sept 1862
Collection Location
Library of Congress
Coverage
Washington County, Md; 1862-1869.
Body
Caption from negative sleeve: Straw huts erected on Smith's farm, and used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam. Sept. 1862.
Notes
The straw appears to have been added on top of the tents for possible insulation.