Campbell U.S. Genl. Hospital, Washington, D.C.
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1864
name: label: maker
content: Magnus, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Campbell General Hospital, one of about 25 hospitals opened in the Capital and Alexandria to care for wounded Union soldiers, was located on the northern outskirt of D.C. near Seventh Street. It opened in September of 1862 and a wartime census in December of 1864 found that the hospital maintained 900 beds, of which 633 were occupied. This print displays the square-shaped formation of the hospital’s long, narrow buildings, which had previously been used as a barracks for cavalry. Campbell was among the hospitals at which the poet Walt Whitman volunteered as a nurse during the war.
label: Description
content: Washington Sanitary Commission, a relief agency approved by the War Department on June 18, 1861 to provide assistance to sick, wounded, and travelling Union soldiers. Nurses and inspectors belonging to commission provided suggestions that helped to reform the U.S. Army Medical Bureau. Although the leaders of the Commission were men, the agency depended on thousands of women, who collected donations, volunteered as nurses in hospitals, and offered assistance at rest stations and refreshment saloons. They also sponsored Sanitary Fairs in Northern cities, raising millions of dollars used to send food, clothing, and medicine to Union soldiers.
label: Description
content: Charles Magnus (1826-1900) was born Julian Carl Magnus in Germany and immigrated with his family to New York City sometime between 1848 and 1850. During the 1850s, he learned the printing business while working with his brother on a German language weekly newspaper, the Deutsche Schnellpost. He later began his own lithographer firm, producing city views and commercial letterhead designs. During the Civil War, he designed pro-Union envelopes and illustrated song sheets. The firm’s Washington, D.C. branch also produced small, hand-colored scenes of Union camps and hospitals. Soldiers purchased these picturesque scenes of camp life to send home to calm the worries of anxious family members.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Parks, public
label: Subject
content: Children
label: depicted
content: Horseback Riding
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content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
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content: Carriages
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content: Chronology: 1860-1869
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content: Marriage
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content: Horses
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content: Uniforms, Military
label: referenced
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Wagons
label: Subject
content: Walking
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3738
label: catalog number
content: 60.3738
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lithograph (image production method/technique)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 10 5/8 in x 16 3/4 in; 26.9875 cm x 42.545 cm