Aaron Detweiler, Hospital Number 20, 278

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Title: Aaron Detweiler, Hospital Number 20, 278
Creator: Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified
Contributor: Aaron Detweiler, Hospital Number 20, 278
Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Published / Created: 1865
Publication Place: Washington, D.C.
Description: Aaron Detweiler, Corp'l, Co. G, 198th Pa., Vols., aged 18, was admitted to Harewood U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital, April 2nd, 1865, suffering from gun shot wound of right arm, upper third, the ball injuring soft parts. Wounded, March 29th, 1865, at the battle of Hatcher's Run, Va. On admission, the condition of injured parts and constitutional state of patient were good. Result favorable.
Aaron Detweiler.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,
Hospital Number, 20,278.
R. B. BONTECOU,
Surgeon U.S., Vols., In charge.
Extent: 7.5 in. x 5.5 in. (approximate) oval mounted on 11 in. x 9 in. board
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Albumen Print
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Washington, D.C
Subject (Name): Aaron Detweiler, Hospital Number 20, 278
Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Subject (Topic): Arm—Wounds and injuries
Medical photography—patients
Medical photography—United States—19th century
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical and sanitary affairs

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