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![A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md., Private Jackson O. Broshears [i.e. Brashears], Co. D, Indiana Mounted Infantry. Age 20 years; height 6 feet 1 inch; weight when captured, 185 lbs.; was in rebel hands three and one-quarter months, 2 months of which were passed on Belle Isle. Under treatment in U.S. Hospital 8 weeks - constantly improving - now, May 19th, 1864, weighs 108-1/2 lbs.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvYS1yaWNobW9uZC1wcmlzb25lci11cy1nZW5lcmFsLWhvc3BpdGFsLWRpdi1uby0xLWFubmFwb2xpcy1tZC1wcml2YXRlLWphY2tzb24tN2EzNTExLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md., Private Jackson O. Broshears [i.e. Brashears], Co. D, Indiana Mounted Infantry. Age 20 years; height 6 feet 1 inch; weight when captured, 185 lbs.; was in rebel hands three and one-quarter months, 2 months of which were passed on Belle Isle. Under treatment in U.S. Hospital 8 weeks - constantly improving - now, May 19th, 1864, weighs 108-1/2 lbs.")
This is the "Army C" food box and is sent the prisoner a week after he is sent "Army B" food box. It contains 1 lb. corned beef, 1 lb. roast beef, 1 lb. salt pork, 2 lbs. corned beef hash, 1 can pork and beans, 1 lb. dried beans, 1 lb. tomatoes, 2 lbs. corn, 2 lbs. peas, 4 lbs. hard bread, 1 lb. sugar, half lb. cocoa, 1 lb. prunes, 1 pt. vinegar and 80 cigarettes (or in place of the cigarettes 4 pkgs. Smoking tobacco for pipe or 1 cut of chewing tobacco)
Summary
Caption from negative sleeve: Army A Food box sent to prisoner.
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Colin [Joseph A. Collin]
On caption card: Reproduction.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 35
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Date
01/01/1918
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html
