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Hospital Train from Chattanooga to Nashville

This image from the February 27, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a Union hospital train crossing a railway bridge on its run from Chattanooga to Nashville, Tennessee during the American Civil War. See Woman's Work in the Civil War on this site for the recollections of a hospital train nurse.

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HOSPITAL TRAIN FROM CHATTANOOGA TO NASHVILLE.—[Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.]

About this Document

  • Source: Harper's Weekly
  • Citation: page 133
  • Date: February 27, 1864