Photo #: NH 59651
USS Red Rover (1862-1865)
Line engraving after a drawing by Theodore R. Davis, published
in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 300,
depicting a scene in the ward.
Red Rover served as the U.S. Navy's hospital ship on the
Western Rivers during the Civil War.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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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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Photo #: NH 58897
"The Interior of a Sanitary Steamer"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
This may represent a view in one of the wards of USS Red Rover
(1862-1865), which served as the U.S. Navy's hospital ship on
the Western Rivers during the Civil War.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45613
USS Red Rover (1862-1865)
Ship's Medical Officers and Paymaster, circa late 1864 or early
1865.
Those present are (as numbered on the print):
1. Acting Assistant Surgeon James T. Field,
2. Acting Assistant Paymaster Alexander W. Pearson,
3. George Lawrence,
4. Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby,
5. Assistant Surgeon James S. Knight,
6. Fleet Surgeon Ninian Pinkney,
7. Assistant Surgeon Michael Bradley.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59799
Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby
Who served on board USS Red Rover (1862-1865) during the
Civil War.
The original photograph is mounted on a carte de visite.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 49078
Acting Assistant Surgeon George Hopkins
Who served on board USS Red Rover (1862-1865) during the
Civil War.
The original photograph is mounted on a carte de visite.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 49079
Acting Assistant Surgeon George Hopkins
Appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon 1 October 1862. He served
on board USS Red Rover (1862-1865) during the Civil War.
The original photograph is mounted on a carte de visite.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 85813
U.S. General Hospital, Mound City, Illinois
Main building of the hospital, a converted warehouse, while Dr.
Horace Warnder was Surgeon in Charge during the Civil War, as
sketched by William Groth.
This hospital was staffed by the Nursing Sisters of the Holy
Cross, St. Mary's Convent, South Bend, Indiana. It also served
as staffing base for the Navy hospital ship USS Red Rover.
In 1963, this building was a warehouse of the Cairo River & Rail
Co.
Courtesy of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, 1965.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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