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Illustration Consolation
18611865
Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service
Gettysburg, PA, United States
Louis E. Hurlbut, Company K, 2nd Regiment ,Vermont carried this illustration into war. It was depicts a Catholic nun reading to a wounded solider, and was intended to consoling the sick and wounded. It has “Sister Mary Antonia” written in pencil on lower half of reverse.
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Details
- Title: Illustration Consolation
- Creator: 1861
- Date Created: 1865
- Contributor: Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/exb/battling_boredom/praying/GETT%2007540%20-%20Prayer%20Card.html
- Source: Gettysburg National Military Park
- Measurements: L 10.2, W 6.1 cm
- Materials: Paper
- Catalog Number: GETT 7540
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