- Date:
- May 20, 1864
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- MES14110
- Photographer:
- James Gardner
Sanitary Commission Hospital, Fredericksburg
A nurse from the U. S. Sanitary Commission sits half hidden on the doorstep of a Fredericksburg field hospital surrounded by wounded soldiers. The Commission was founded at the behest of volunteer women's groups.