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Title	Hunt Phelan Used as Western Sanitary Hospital, 1863
Alternate Title	Soldiers Home, Memphis Tennessee, Established by the Western Sanitary Commission, February 8, 1863
Date	1863
Genre	Photographs
Description	Oval photograph of white-columned house with substantial outbuildings and grounds, with a number of men and a horse and carriage in foreground. Two small round photographic portraits of a woman and a man below the larger image and an inscription give their names with the titles matron and superintendent.
Historical note	The home of William Hunt, just outside of downtown Memphis, was occupied by both Confederate and Federal officers during the war. The inscription on this photograph indicates that it was taken over by the Western Sanitary Commission on 8 February 1863 for use as a "soldier's home" under the jurisdiction of the matron and superintendent pictured here. The imposing brick mansion is also thought to have been a Freedmen's School for several years before it was returned to the Hunt family.
Subject	Architecture, domestic; Hospitals; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical Aspects; Women
Theme	Capturing the Flag Making Music
Story	Antoinette Polk Jubilee Singers
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Memphis
Time period	1860-1869
Language	eng
Contributing Institution	Tennessee State Museum
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Tennessee State Museum.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jpg
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Archival file	shades3/shades_tsm_0015.jpg