Our series examining an Image of the Week from the photographic files, by Kevin Warstadt, Edward Connery Lathem ’51 Digital Library Fellow.

James L. Belknap at 3rd Division Hospital, Chickamauga Park, GA, June 1898, and photos from Medical School.

For Veteran’s Day, we have an image from a folder labeled “Spanish American War.” The Spanish American War began in 1898 after the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. It is most famous in the U.S. for Theodore Roosevelt and his 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Rough Riders. The war lasted approximately 4 months and ended with a U.S. victory on August 13th. The territories acquired from Spain in this conflict allowed for the expansion of U.S. influence on the world stage.

In the large photo above is James L. Belknap, Dartmouth alum and graduate of Harvard medical school. The caption of the photo reads “Operating Room and Surgical Ward of the 3rd division hospital, 1st Army Corps at Chickamauga Park, GA, June 1898.” After the war, Belknap worked as a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.