page_title: Hospital Ships of the Sanitary Commission
section_title: Ships Outfitted by Sanitary Commission but transferred to Army
hierarchical_section_title: Hospital Ships of the Sanitary Commission / Ships Outfitted by Sanitary Commission but transferred to Army
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Hospital ship, Nashville Physical description: 1 photographic print on card mount&#160;: gelatin silver. Notes: Title from item.
context_page_description: Frederick Law Olmsted, the executive director of the United States Sanitary Commission, set up a system of hospital ships for wounded and sick soldiers during the American Civil War. The USSC was a private agency that cooperated closely with the U.S. Army.
context_section_description: Red Rover (Mississippi River) later transferred to Navy
  City of Memphis (Ohio River)
  City of Nashville
  City of Louisiana, Renamed R. C. Wood (Ohio River)
  D. A. January*
caption: Hospital ship, Nashville, photographed c. 1861-1865.
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