Gettysburg, a Virtual Tour
The Hospitals Page7
Photos this page courtesy of Richard Edling, Philadelphia, PA
   

(9-06) Leonard Bricker Farm
 
A temporary Hospital of the 5th Corps

(9-06) Leonard Bricker Farm

   

  

(9-06) Jacob Weikert Farm

(9-06) Jacob Weikert Farm
 
A Field Hospital of the 3rd and 5th Corps. General Stephen Weed was taken to this house where he survived for an hour or two. Doctor John Billings, a regular army surgeon with the 5th Corps wrote in his official report: “…the wounded began to pour in. I performed a large number of operations … received and fed 750 wounded and worked all night without cessation”

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