Savage Station, Virginia, Union field hospital after the battle of June 27. Photo shows a makeshift field hospital with wounded soldiers sitting and lying on the ground while some receive care. Includes the straw-hatted Sixteenth New York Infantry who fought at Gaines' Mill on June 27. Most were captured when Confederates overtook the area during the battle of Savage's Station on June 29. (Source: Bob Zeller, Civil War in Depth, v. 1, p. 34) Title from caption. Alt title from recto. Written on verso: During a battle "field hospitals" are established as near as possible to the line of battle. This view gives a glimpse of the field hospital at Savage Station, Va., during the battle of June 27, 1862. The wounded are brought in by the hundreds and laid on the ground. The surgeons are busy dressing their wounds.
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