![]() A memorial marks the site of Stuart’s headquarters. His men put up a fight for three hours, but eventually they had to retreat back to Pittsburg Landing. Stuart’s position was overrun, and he was forced to the east. By noon on the first day of fighting (April 6, 1862), Confederate forces had pushed the Union back to this location on the Hamburg Road. His brigade anchored the Union left flank. A 71st Ohio Infantry monument is also located here.īefore there was a hospital on Bell’s field, it was the headquarters of Union General David Stuart. There is nothing left of the hospital, so the stop only memorializes the site. Those not treated here were either shipped back north by steamboat or treated at local homes. Being the victors, the Union was tasked with treating the Confederate wounded, as well as burying the Confederate dead. ![]() This hospital, which was essentially a collection of tents on an apple orchard owned by Larkin Bell, was set up by surgeon Bernard Irwin after the battle to take care of nearly 2,500 sick and wounded men, both Union and Confederate. Prior to this, each unit took care of its own men. A field hospital is a central hospital where men from all units in the area are treated. The Field Hospital stop on the Shiloh National Military Park battlefield tour marks the site where one of the first Civil War field hospitals was erected. Hospital Tents in the Rear of Douglas Hospital - Washington, D.C.Field Hospital site on the Shiloh National Military Park Battlefield Tour SHILOH BATTLEFIELD TOUR STOP #16 Workmen in Front of the Ambulance Shop - Washington, D.C., 1865 AprilĨ21. She and Others of Her Order Served in a Military Hospital at Beaufort, NC Embalming Surgeon at Work on Soldier's Body - Location Unknownġ95. Sanitary Commission - Fredericksburg, VA, May 1864ħ55. Thomas Nelson House (right), Used as a Hospital (In 1781 used as Headquarters by Lord Cornwallis) - Yorktown, VAĦ86. Convalescent Soldiers and Others Outside Quarters of the Sanitary Commission Home Lodge - Washington, D.C., April 1865Ħ83. Field Hospital of the 1st Division, 2nd Corps - Brandy Station, VA, February 1864Ħ02. Group of Sanitary Commission Workers at the Entrance of the Home Lodge - Washington, D.C., June 1863Ħ01. The conical shaped 2/3 Scale Sibley Tent is 8 High and. Patients in Ward of Harewood Hospital with Mosquito Nets Over Beds - Washington, D.C.Ħ00. The Sibley Tent was invented by the American military officer Henry Hopkins Sibley and patented in 1856. Field Hospital after the Battle of June 27 - Savage Station, VA, June 30, 1862ĥ99. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital - Washington, D.C., August 1865ĥ98. ![]() Chesapeake Hospital and Grounds - Hampton, VAĥ97. Hospital Stewards of 2nd Division, 9th Corps - Petersburg, VA, October 1864ĥ83. Group of Surgeons of the Army of the James - Fort Harrison, VA, April 1865 A Confederate Field Hospital - Cedar Mountain, VA, August 1862Ĥ33. Wagons of the Sanitary Commission and a Crowd at the Landing - Belle Plain, VA, 1864Ĥ17. Hospital for Federal Officers (Literary Department, University of Nashville - Later Lindsley Hall, Peabody Normal College) - Nashville, TN, 1864Ĥ07. Jonathan Letterman, Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and Staff - Warrenton, VA, November 1862Ĥ03. Zouave Ambulance Crew Demonstrating Removal of Wounded Soldiers From the Field - Location Unknownģ79. Confederate Wounded at Smith's Barn with Dr Anson Hurd 14th Indiana Volunteers in Attendance after the Battle of Antietam - Near Keedysville, MD, September 1862ģ22. Smith's Barn, Used as a Hospital After the Battle of Antietam - Near Keedysville, MD, September 1862ģ19. Three Surgeons of 1st Division, 9th Corps - Petersburg, VA, October 1864ģ14. Ambulance Wagons and Drivers at Harewood Hospital (View 1) - Washington, D.C., July 1863Ģ91. Sanitary Commission Building and Flag - Richmond, VA, 1865Ģ63. Ward in the Carver General Hospital - Washington, D.C.Ĥ3. Tents were preferred, with large numbers and several varieties being used, but temporary structures were frequently built when need arose. Ambulance Drill of the 57th New York Infantry - 1864ģ8. Amputation Being Performed in a Hospital Tent - Gettysburg, PA, July 1863ģ7. Wounded Soldiers Being Tended in the Field After the Battle of Chancellorsville - Near Fredericksburg, VA, May 2, 1863ģ6.
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