Image ID: AMYR

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1863-1865

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Slough Hospital (Alexandria VA); Soldiers’ Rest (Alexandria VA); Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Christ Church (Alexandria VA); Downtown Baptist Church (Alexandria VA); O&A Round House (Alexandria VA)

Sources:

Gilder Lehrman Institute; Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The MOLLUS Collection incorrectly says: Lincoln Hospital, Washington. 

Printed label affixed to mount of some original prints: Slough Barracas [Barracks] Alexandria.

Library of Congress says: Photograph shows tents used as barracks after the wood-frame barracks at Camp Slough were converted to medical buildings at Slough Hospital. (Source: From military barracks to an unsanitary military hospital, Alexandria Times, August 11, 2016)

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