| 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 |
