Old frame house on Fair Oaks battlefield, pierced by hundreds of bullets, and used as a hospital by Hooker's Division
Summary
Photograph shows the old frame house, center, with soldiers and tents nearby in Fair Oaks, Virginia. The old frame house was used by Union General Joseph Hooker's Division as a hospital.
Brady's Album Gallery, no. 478.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.
Stamped on verso: Nov. 28, 1949, source unknown.
Digitized, 2014. Funding from The Center for Civil War Photography.
Original glass negative may be available: LC-B815-478 (half stereo, cropped differently)
Tags
Date
01/01/1862
Contributors
Gibson, James F., 1828-, photographer
Barnard & Gibson, copyright claimant
Location
Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.), 37.53444, -77.32056
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.