Lincoln General Hospital, Washington, D.C.

From: collections.countway.harvard.edu

Birds eye view of Lincoln General Hospital, Washington, D.C., seen from the rear, 1865.
From Reports on the extent and nature of the materials available for the preparation of a medical and surgical history of the rebellion (Philadelphia, 1865).

The Lincoln General Hospital, a pavilion-type hospital, was active from December, 1862, until August, 1865, and located about a mile from the Capitol building in Washington.  Over 21,000 troops and prisoners were admitted over the course of the war.

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