Location: Abington & Springfield Aves., Frontispiece to Rules and Special Orders of the Mower United States Army General Hospital at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865)., Copyrighted by W. Kipling., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1865 Mower 15730.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc15 M936a.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
Date
c1865.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W239.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W239 [Am1865 Mower 15730.D]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., 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.
Creator
Magnus, Charles., creator
Date
c1864.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Hospitals [5779.F.57]
