Operating Tent at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Artist
Peter S. Weaver
(American, 1835 - 1906)
DateOctober 1863
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (15.9 × 21.3 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 1/2 × 10 13/16 in. (21.6 × 27.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 1/2 × 10 13/16 in. (21.6 × 27.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.222
Terms
- U.S. Civil War
- Men
- Military affairs
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Collections
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Not on viewLabel TextPeter S. Weaver American (1835-1906) Operating Tent at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, October 1863 Albumen print on Weaver mount 98.32.222 Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Medical Director for the Army of the Potomac, was responsible for treatment of the wounded after the Battle of Gettysburg. The hospital was named in his honor. The site was near a rail depot roughly one and one-half miles east of Gettysburg, so that trains could deliver supplies for the camp and transport convalescents to permanent hospitals in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. The hospital was staffed by a small army of surgeons, nurses, cooks, quartermasters, and supply clerks. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 01/2006
Alexander Gardner
1862
Peter S. Weaver
November 11, 1863
G. Nickerson
March 12, 1863
Charles John Tyson
August 1863