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Old frame house on Fair Oaks battlefield, pierced by hundreds of bullets, and used as a hospital by Hooker's Division

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Old frame house on Fair Oaks battlefield, pierced by hundreds of bullets, and used as a hospital by Hooker's Division

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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)

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01/01/1862
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Contributors

Gibson, James F., 1828-, photographer
Barnard & Gibson, copyright claimant
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Location

Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.)37.53444, -77.32056
Google Map of 37.53444444444444, -77.32055555555556
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