[Union hospital ship U.S.S.Red Rover]
Item
Dublin Core
Title
[Union hospital ship U.S.S.Red Rover]
Subject
United States.--Navy--Equipment & supplies--1860-1870
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies--Union
Hospital ships--Union--1860-1870
Albumen prints--1860-1870
Cartes de visite--1860-1870
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Women--1860-1870
War work--Catholic Church
Nursing--United States--History
Nuns as nurses
Mississippi River--1860-1870
Description
Cartes de visite, sepia-toned photograph shows U.S. Navy hospital ship, a side-wheel steamer and former Confederate barracks ship. The U.S.S. Red Rover was the first Union hospital ship whose staff included female nurses, including nuns from the Catholic order Sisters of the Holy Cross and African American women. On the verso of the albumen print, a notation reads "Surgeon on this vessel, Dr. J.T. Field of Bedminster, N.J." There is also a stamp on the verso that reads "Frank F. Raciti, 273 King George Road, Warren, New Jersey."
Creator
Unknown
Source
Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Date
1862/1865
Contributor
Liljenquist, Tom
Raciti, Frank F.
Field, Jacob T.
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Relation
Is Part Of Lot 14043, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Civil War, Prints and Photographs Division
Format
Photo, Print, Drawing
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/item/2020634830/
LOT 14043-2, no. 1437 [P&P]
ppmsca 70913 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.70913
ppmsca 70914 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.70914
Coverage
1862-1865
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 photograph : albumen print
Physical Dimensions
mount 25 x 20 cm.
Citation
Unknown, “[Union hospital ship U.S.S.Red Rover],” HUM 502, accessed October 19, 2026, https://kkbrawley.com/hum502/items/show/24.

