. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A]\rBLTLANCE TRAINOF THE ENGINEER CORPSAT FiVLlMOUTH, VIRGINIA isc;? 13U]. .OftHIGrtT, Ijn PATRIOT PUB. CO. This photograph shows to what a state of perfection, in drill and equipment, the ambulance service of theriiion armies had been brought by April, 1863. The castle on the ambulance curtains indicates the En-gineer Corps. The little vignette below the larger photograph shows the train unharnessed and at with a medical department scarcely adequate for
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A]\rBLTLANCE TRAINOF THE ENGINEER CORPSAT FiVLlMOUTH, VIRGINIA isc;? 13U]. .OftHIGrtT, Ijn PATRIOT PUB. CO. This photograph shows to what a state of perfection, in drill and equipment, the ambulance service of theriiion armies had been brought by April, 1863. The castle on the ambulance curtains indicates the En-gineer Corps. The little vignette below the larger photograph shows the train unharnessed and at with a medical department scarcely adequate for eleven thousand men in time of peace, the am-bulance service was ultimately increased, developed, and organized into a vast administrative medico-military machine, working smoothly in all its ramifications and meeting efficiently the needs of a forceaggregating, at one time, nearly a million men, exposed to the fire of an able opponent, and very oftencompelled to operate under unfavorable an<l amid unhealthful surroundings. The departmentbrought order out of chaos, health from disease, and siucease from suffering, in a manner to a .Icgreepreviously unparalleled. Its achievem
Size: 1990px × 1256px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidphotographichist07mill
