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A group of five soldiers showing amputations of their lower legs
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Title: Civil War Amputees, Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Original caption: A.J. Hutchins, Co. "K" 24th Ohio. Vols.; Wm. H. McFarland, Co. "B" 5th Wisconsin Vols.; V.N. Higgins, Co. "H" 2d Me. Vols.; Thomas Shields, Co. "G" 62d N.Y. Vols.; S.M. Dyer, Co. "I" 5th Wis. Vols.
Creator: n/a
Date: Circa 1870
Format: Photograph
Source: National Library of Medicine, Prints and Photographs
Control no.: WX 2 A2D6 A7 No.4b
Keywords: Amputees; Assistive Technology; Civil War; Crutch; Government; Health & Medicine; Hospitals; Identity; Injuries; Institutions; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Military; Physical Disability; Portrait; Soldiers; Union Army; Veterans; Veterans & Military; War
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations