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Saterlee U.S.A. General Hospital.
Philadelphia: Lithographed and printed by Charles Magnus published by James D. Gay, 1864. Chromolithograph (440 x 575 mm). Condition: marginal browning and light dampstaining. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. "Situated close to much of the fighting, but itself a safe haven, Philadelphia became the main site of U.S. military hospitals during the Civil War … The 4,500 bed Saterlee Hospital, initially called West Philadelphia General Hospital, was located in an area bounded by present day Baltimore Avenue and Pine, Forty-third and Forty-sixth Streets. This hospital was opened June 9, 1862, under the supervision of Dr. Isaac J. Hays. This bird's eye view shows the hospital comprised of long wards surrounded by a wooden stockade. Troop encampments are set up in the surrounding grounds and soldiers can be seen marching in a neighboring field. The Hospital for the Insane and other identifiable buildings are depicted in the distance" (Wohl Collection). Wohl Collection 198.