Field Pharmacy, Gen. Thomas' Headquarters.

[Mike Serpa]

Field Pharmacy, Gen. Thomas' Headquarters - NA 530350a

Gen. Thomas, Wagon Headquarters (Field Pharmacy) - NA 530360a

 

[RebYell64]

I've never seen that kind of covering over a wagon. Very cool picture, thanks for sharing.

 

[Chattahooch33]

The soldier in the top looks extremely comfortable in his Support Arms. That's no reenactor!

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

I've seen this listed as a field pharmacy too- doesn't it look more like an ' office'? Can't find bottles, etc. Grgrandfather was an Army doc- we have old bottles, morters, pestles- tins, scales- it should maybe be a little more ' busy '?

Very cool pic though, isn't it?

 

[DBF]

I have heard that other officers (including General Sherman) would joke about the "organizational skills" of General George Henry Thomas to the point that they referred to his mobile headquarters as "Thomastown".
Love the pictures!
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/3716191/george-henry-thomas-shiloh

 

[John Winn]

I'm with @JPK Huson 1863 - it's a mobile office. Still, it's a cool picture I've not seen before.

 

[Rhea Cole]

Look familiar? Gotta admit, when I captured this image of General Thomas' HQ wagon I didn't not note which museum it is in. I know better now...
Thomas also supervised the development of a specially equipped wagon for his topographical engineers. The description fits the pharmacy wagon in the photo exactly. Thomas' efforts made the topographical organization the most sophisticated mapmaking department of any army in the world, at that time.

 

[Mike Serpa]

I've seen this listed as a field pharmacy too- doesn't it look more like an ' office'? Can't find bottles, etc. Grgrandfather was an Army doc- we have old bottles, morters, pestles- tins, scales- it should maybe be a little more ' busy '?

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Very cool pic though, isn't it?

I think you might be right, JPK!

 

[Robert Gray]

A carte-de-visite with identification.
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress)

 

[Mike Serpa]

That makes it pretty much cut and dry. Good job finding that! Here's a photo of General Whipple.

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[JPK Huson 1863]

Don't you love knowing who is actually in the photo? Of course the Liljenquist Family would be responsible for giving it to all of us! There are more and more ' pay per use ' photo sites out there, where you find more than a few images from public access sources watermarked. The Liljenquist family's commitment to sharing history always makes me smile.

Has to be a tough job identifying a lot of these, if that's your job in LoC, etc. There are just so MANY, how does anyone without a crazy specific background in just say, ships, get them all right?

 

[Seduzal]

In the OP. The wagon looked like to me as a field office or a traveling Post Office! It contained what it looked like were mail slats . But that's just me. Thanks for sharing this awesome article. Have enjoyed reading it.

 

[James N.]

I've seen this listed as a field pharmacy too- doesn't it look more like an ' office'? Can't find bottles, etc. Grgrandfather was an Army doc- we have old bottles, morters, pestles- tins, scales- it should maybe be a little more ' busy '?

Here are photos of the mock-up pharmacy wagon at the Medical Museum of the Civil War in Frederick, Maryland:

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Whoa! Thanks for the photos! Well that sure blows the heck out of the argument I made about the wagon not being a pharmacy- that's a tidier presentation of pharmaceuticals than what I saw at CVS last week! And I think we have a few of those bottles plus two of those heavy, white bowls- one pestle. Until we retired them to the hutch I remember my mother using them to crush garlic.... .