Tag: ambulance wagon

Davis, et. al., Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, plate CLXXIV. nos. 11-17, showing the “Wheeling” or “Rosencrans” and “Rucker” types. Pictured here is the former.

Wikipedia says: Ambulance: much the same purpose as the modern sense. Details of the design varied but would be a lightly built and well-sprung, enclosed vehicle with provision for seated casualties and stretchers.