Gettysburg National Military Park

Illustration Consolation
1861-1865

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.
Paper. L 10.2, W 6.1 cm
Gettysburg National Military Park, GETT 7540



Illustration Consolation 1861-1865 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. Paper. L 10.2, W 6.1 cm Gettysburg National Military Park, GETT 7540
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