Regimental camp scene & surrounding country: Morris Island, S.C. September 7, 1863

Original photograph (by J.R. Foster); view of tent encampment, distant view of ruined lighthouse and ships. Inscription at bottom reads 'Dr. Henry E. Turner from his affecte.[sic] brother Peter J. Turner' [of Newport, RI]. Dr. Henry Edward Turner was a prominent physician in Newport who served at Fort Adams during the Civil War as a civilian contract surgeon. He also served as an Acting Assistant Surgeon, US Army, from 1862 to 1865. Original photograph (by J.R. Foster); view of tent encampment, distant view of ruined lighthouse and ships. Inscription at bottom reads 'Dr. Henry E. Turner from his affecte.[sic] brother Peter J. Turner' [of Newport, RI]. Dr. Henry Edward Turner was a prominent physician in Newport who served at Fort Adams during the Civil War as a civilian contract surgeon. He also served as an Acting Assistant Surgeon, US Army, from 1862 to 1865. Oblong, mounted; foxed, soiled, worn. Providence, James Tyson, 1952.