"Micke and the rattlesnake", General Alexander McDowell McCook's headquarters, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Summary
Drawing shows camp doctors giving first aid to a soldier (possibly Private William Mucke) suffering from a rattlesnack bite. General McCook is shown standing in the background, fanning himself, in front of a tent, Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake.
"N.38" upper left corner of sheet.
Code on mat (source unverified): II-49.
Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress.
Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:188).
Blood shed in this war: Civil War illustrations by Captain Adolph Metzner, 32nd Indiana / Michael A. Peake. Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2010, p. 83.
Tags
Date
01/01/1861
Location
alabama
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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