. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WILLIAM E. McXUTT, GEORGE HOPKINS, JOSEPH PARKER, A FLOATING PALACE —UNITED STATES HOSPITAL STEAMER RED ROVER ON THE MISSISSIPPI This steamer was a veritable floating palace for the days of 61. It had bathrooms, a laundry, an elevatorbetween decks, an amputating room, two kitchens, and the windows were covered with gauze to keep outflies and mosquitoes. When Island No. 10 was captured on April 7, 1862, several Confederate boats wen-taken. Among them wa
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WILLIAM E. McXUTT, GEORGE HOPKINS, JOSEPH PARKER, A FLOATING PALACE —UNITED STATES HOSPITAL STEAMER RED ROVER ON THE MISSISSIPPI This steamer was a veritable floating palace for the days of 61. It had bathrooms, a laundry, an elevatorbetween decks, an amputating room, two kitchens, and the windows were covered with gauze to keep outflies and mosquitoes. When Island No. 10 was captured on April 7, 1862, several Confederate boats wen-taken. Among them was this Red Rover, an old side-wheel steamer which had been purchased in NewOrleans for $30,000 the previous November. A shell had gone through her decks and bottom, but she wasrepaired at Cairo, 111., and fitted up as a hospital boat by Quartermaster George M. Wise. The WesternSanitary Commission gave $3,500 for the purpose. Dr. George H. Bixby of Cairo was appointed assistantsurgeon and placed in charge. Strange to say, the first serious cases placed on board were those of thecommander and men of the gunboat Mound City, who had been severely scalded when the boiler waspierced by a sh
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