E. Van Valkenburg, Hospital Number 20, 521

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Title: E. Van Valkenburg, Hospital Number 20, 521
Creator: Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified
Contributor: Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
E. Van Valkenburg, Hospital Number 20, 521
Harewood General Hospital
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Published / Created: 1865
Publication Place: Washington, D.C.
Description: E. Van Valkenburg, Private, Co. C, 39th III. Vols., aged 27, was admitted to the Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital, April 1, 1865, with gunshot wound left side of scalp, denuding skull. Wounded April 1, 1865, in action near Petersburg, Va., with a conoidal ball. Progress favorable. Transferred.
E. Van Valkenburg.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,
Hospital Number, 20,521.
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): Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
E. Van Valkenburg, Hospital Number 20, 521
Harewood General Hospital
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Subject (Topic): Head—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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