. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . CARING FOR THE WOUNDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE POTOMAC In the upper photograph are soldiers convalescing at Batou Rouge, Louisiana, from their wounds received on the Red River and PortHudson expeditions, and below is Smiths farm near Keedysville, Maryland, close to where the battle of Antietam was fought inSeptember, 1802. In the course of the days fierce firing nearly twenty-five thousand men were killed and wounded. It covered aperiod of about twelve hours; few entrenchments or fortifications of any kind were used by either s

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . CARING FOR THE WOUNDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE POTOMAC In the upper photograph are soldiers convalescing at Batou Rouge, Louisiana, from their wounds received on the Red River and PortHudson expeditions, and below is Smiths farm near Keedysville, Maryland, close to where the battle of Antietam was fought inSeptember, 1802. In the course of the days fierce firing nearly twenty-five thousand men were killed and wounded. It covered aperiod of about twelve hours; few entrenchments or fortifications of any kind were used by either side. Dr. Bernard, surgeon of theOne Hundred and Second New York, was made the chief of all the hospitals. One of the locations of his corps hospitals was onSmiths farm. In the background of the picture is a fine view of South Mountain. In the foreground the men are gathered about a fire.

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