Conrad Kruger, Hospital Number 20, 381

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Title: Conrad Kruger, Hospital Number 20, 381
Creator: Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified
Contributor: Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Conrad Kruger, Hospital Number 20, 381
Harewood General Hospital
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Published / Created: 1865
Publication Place: Washington, D.C.
Description: Conrad Kruger, Private, Co. C, 7th N.Y. Vols., aged 39, was admitted to Harewood U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital, April 5th, 1865, suffering from gun shot wound of back, the ball entering at medial line passing out near acromion process, injuring soft parts. Wounded, April 1st, 1865, at the battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Va. On admission to this hospital, the condition of injured parts and constitutional state of patient were good. The patient improved rapidly and was doing well when transferred to U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., May 29th, 1865.
Conrad Kruger.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital.
Hospital Number 20,381.
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
Conrad Kruger, Hospital Number 20, 381
Harewood General Hospital
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907
Subject (Topic): Back—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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