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Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va. [graphic].
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Creator
Magnus, Charles.
Contributor
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va. [graphic].
Publisher
New York: Published by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St.; Washington, D.C.: Published by Chas. Magnus, 520 Seventh Street,
Date
c1864.
Extent
1 print: chromolithograph; 35 x 49 cm.(13.75 x 9 in.)
Description
Bird's eye view of the rest station and "lodge for invalid soldiers" operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization. Shows an enclosed barracks flanked by tents and railroad tracks. Soldiers walk, relax, and drill on the grounds as others disembark and arrive via locomotive. Also shows the railroad roundhouse in the far left background near signage reading "Sanitary Commission Lodge for Invalid Soldiers" and "Soldiers Rest U.S. Sanitary Commission"; horse-drawn wagons travelling past and into the barracks; and the surrounding town.
Notes
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Genre
Chromolithographs 1860-1870.
Subject
Soldiers Rest (Alexandria, Va.)
United States Sanitary Commission Buildings.
Railroads--Virginia--Alexandria.
Railroad roundhouses--Virginia--Alexandria.
Carts & wagons--Virginia--Alexandria.
Spatial coverage
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Is part of
Civil War Hospitals
Has format
TMP.objres.4108.jpg
Call number
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Hospitals [5779.F.57]
Accession number
5779.F.57
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