Photo #: NH 59652
USS Red Rover (1862-1865)
Line engravings published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June
1863, page 300, depicting scene on board the U.S. Navy's Western
Rivers hospital ship during the Civil War.
The scene at left, entitled "The Sister", shows a nurse
attending to a patient.
That at right shows a convalescent ward.
The middle view is of a lonely grave on the river bank.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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