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Collection Reference Number GLC02979.02
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 
Title In the hands of the enemy after Gettysburg.
Date 1889
Author Hovenden, Thomas (1840-1895)  
Document Type Artwork
Content Description Engraving of ink depiction of a convalescing soldier.
Subjects Prisoner of War  Battle of Gettysburg  Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Battle  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  Injury or Wound  Health and Medical  
People Hovenden, Thomas (1840-1895)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Irish-born, moved to New York in 1863 to study art. Studied in France and returned to American in 1880. Became an academician in 1882. Among his most famous students was Robert Henri. Mortally injured in a heroic effort to save a child from a railroad accident.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945