Burning of Military Hospital, E Street, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1861, artist's impression

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Scanned by

Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

11/07/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 8, 2011.

Depicted ContentOn E Street in the capital, the Washington Infirmary, now a military hospital, burns to the ground

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Burning of the Government Hospital in E Street, Washington, November 4 - Rescue of the sick and wounded.

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, November 21, 1861, 743.

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