Corporal Israel Spotts, Company G, 200th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Reed Brockway Bontecou

April–May 1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative · Photographs

Dr. Bontecou’s patient history for Corporal Spotts explains that nearing the end of his treatment, the wounded soldier deserted from the hospital. Presumably he believed he was healthy enough to head for home after three years of hard service. Spotts died four months later, on September 20, 1865.

Artist

Reed Brockway Bontecou

Date

April–May 1865

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Stanley B. Burns, M.D. and The Burns Archive, 1992