Armory Square Hospital, Washington, 1863–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 17.3 × 20 cm (6 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American), After the first land battle at Bull Run, both the Union and the Confederacy saw the need for large hospitals. Confederate States President Jefferson Davis acted first and began construction of five hospitals near Richmond, Virginia, in 1861; the largest of these, Chimborazo, reportedly treated about seventy-six thousand patients during the war
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Armory Square Hospital, Washington, 1863–65, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 17.3, 20 cm, 6 13/16, 7 7/8, Photographs, Unknown, American, first land battle, Bull Run, Union, Confederacy saw, need, large hospitals, Confederate States, President, Jefferson, Davis, acted, first, construction, five, Richmond, Virginia, 1861, largest, Chimborazo, reportedly treated, seventy-six thousand, patients, war
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