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[Washington, D.C. Staff, buildings, and wagons of the Medical Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0185 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: April 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a large group of civilian men standing on a sidewalk in front of buildings of the Medical Department. Soldiers carrying their rifles at the right shoulder shift and with bayonets fixed are spaced regularly along the sidewalk, in front of the men. The soldiers are Union troops wearing state or militia issued uniforms [either light blue or grey]. Crates of goods appear on the right hand side of the photograph. Army supply wagons appear on the left hand side of the photograph. Men are unloading crates from the wagon. Verso notations: "XXIX" "921"

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