Removing Wounding, Genuine Or Drill?

[JPK Huson 1863]

From The Nation Archives ( can anyone tell- been having way too much fun lately- too, too interesting tooling around there ), this Brady photo ' Removing Wounded '. Infantry in the background- an awful lot of ambulances, some crews paying no attention to the camera, a certain randomness about the photo, might be not a drill being photographed by Brady?

On the other hand, if it was a real battle, must have been a skirmish given lack of damage to that field? Still, amazing to see this stuff. Sorry so many, many photos today, can NOT stay away from them when they show up.

 

[reading48]

I would say it's staged, too many troops standing in back round as if in drill formation ??????

 

[samuel orris]

I agree, Reading.
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/photos/images/civil-war-037.jpg