"The Union hospital complex at Hampton and Fort Monroe grew steadily through the early years of the Civil War, ultimately developing into the North's second largest hospital. It served as the primary receiving point for many of the sick and wounded troops evacuated from Harrison's Landing on the James River at the end of the summer 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Grant's campaign for Richmond in 1864 and '65 generated even larger numbers of patients."
"One of the anchors of the vast Union hospital complex at Hampton was the Chesapeake Female Seminary building, which was transformed into an officers hospital with beds for some 500 patients. This image taken by Maine soldier Frank Larrabee, who operated the Monitor Photography Gallery at nearby Camp Hamilton, also shows part of the small tent city that grew up across the grounds to provide more beds for patients."
"This elevated view looking south along the Hampton River shows some of the enlisted men's wards, center, and the 4-story structure housing officers' wards, far right, that combined to make up the Hampton hospital complex during the Civil War."
"This detail from the Hampton hospital complex shows some of the enlisted men's wards as well as the chapel, which was prefabricated in the North, shipped to Fort Monroe and then assembled on site."
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"One of the anchors of the vast Union hospital complex at Hampton was the Chesapeake Female Seminary building, which was transformed into an officers hospital with beds for some 500 patients. This image taken by Maine soldier Frank Larrabee, who operated the Monitor Photography Gallery at nearby Camp Hamilton, also shows part of the small tent city that grew up across the grounds to provide more beds for patients."
"This elevated view looking south along the Hampton River shows some of the enlisted men's wards, center, and the 4-story structure housing officers' wards, far right, that combined to make up the Hampton hospital complex during the Civil War."
"This detail from the Hampton hospital complex shows some of the enlisted men's wards as well as the chapel, which was prefabricated in the North, shipped to Fort Monroe and then assembled on site."
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