Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
    

Floating Battery Hospital

I’ve come across some “new” images of the Charleston floating battery.
Interior of the Hospital Attached to the Floating Battery in Charleston Harbor, S. C.—From a Sketch by Our Special Artist in Charleston

Interior of the Hospital Attached to the Floating Battery in Charleston Harbor, S. C.—From a Sketch by Our Special Artist in Charleston

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 30, 1861

The hospital was a one-story wooden structure outfitted with ten beds and medical supplies to treat soldiers wounded aboard the battery.

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