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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Red Rover (1862-1865) --
On Board, Crew and Related Views

This page features views on board USS Red Rover, pictures of her officers and other related scenes.

For additional images of this ship, see: USS Red Rover (1862-1865).

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 59651

USS Red Rover (1862-1865)


Line engraving after a drawing by Theodore R. Davis, published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 300, depicting a scene in the ward.
Red Rover served as the U.S. Navy's hospital ship on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 183KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 59652

USS Red Rover (1862-1865)


Line engravings published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 300, depicting scene on board the U.S. Navy's Western Rivers hospital ship during the Civil War.
The scene at left, entitled "The Sister", shows a nurse attending to a patient.
That at right shows a convalescent ward.
The middle view is of a lonely grave on the river bank.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 375 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 58897

"The Interior of a Sanitary Steamer"


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
This may represent a view in one of the wards of USS Red Rover (1862-1865), which served as the U.S. Navy's hospital ship on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 147KB; 740 x 410 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45613

USS Red Rover (1862-1865)


Ship's Medical Officers and Paymaster, circa late 1864 or early 1865.
Those present are (as numbered on the print):
1. Acting Assistant Surgeon James T. Field,
2. Acting Assistant Paymaster Alexander W. Pearson,
3. George Lawrence,
4. Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby,
5. Assistant Surgeon James S. Knight,
6. Fleet Surgeon Ninian Pinkney,
7. Assistant Surgeon Michael Bradley.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 580 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 59799

Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby


Who served on board USS Red Rover (1862-1865) during the Civil War.
The original photograph is mounted on a carte de visite.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 475 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 49078

Acting Assistant Surgeon George Hopkins


Who served on board USS Red Rover (1862-1865) during the Civil War.
The original photograph is mounted on a carte de visite.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 67KB; 585 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 49079

Acting Assistant Surgeon George Hopkins


Appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon 1 October 1862. He served on board USS Red Rover (1862-1865) during the Civil War.
The original photograph is mounted on a carte de visite.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 109KB; 595 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 85813

U.S. General Hospital, Mound City, Illinois


Main building of the hospital, a converted warehouse, while Dr. Horace Warnder was Surgeon in Charge during the Civil War, as sketched by William Groth.
This hospital was staffed by the Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, St. Mary's Convent, South Bend, Indiana. It also served as staffing base for the Navy hospital ship USS Red Rover.
In 1963, this building was a warehouse of the Cairo River & Rail Co.

Courtesy of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, 1965.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 550 pixels

 

For additional images of this ship, see: USS Red Rover (1862-1865).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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16 January 2000