Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Title [Camp Independence, Civil War recruiting camp, Independence Square, rear of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date September or October 1862
Physical Description 2 photographic prints: albumen; 22 x 19 cm. (8.5 x 7.25 in.)
Description Views showing rows of tents adorned with flags and recruitment banners lining the central path in the tree-lined square. Views also include soldiers manning the tents, male visitors, and women standing outside the gate of the square.
Notes Attributed to F. De B. Richards.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 2000, p. 63-64.
One of the images [P.9808.3] reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 120.
Arcadia caption text: From September to October 1862, Independence Square was transformed into the Civil War recruiting camp Camp Independence. In an effort to avoid a statewide draft, recruiters manned 25 tents along the main thoroughfare amid a band playing patriotic music and under the gaze of dutiful spectators. A few thousand of the over 80,000 Philadelphians who served in the military during the Civil War enlisted at this site, one of the most successful in the city.
Subject United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Tents -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Independence Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Civil War [P.9808.2 & 3]
Accession number P.9808.2
P.9808.3