Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Scene of camp life. [graphic].
Publisher [New York?] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1863
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 11 x 24 cm (4.25 x 9.5 in.)
Description Busy scene showing numerous activities occurring simultaneously at a military camp. In the center, Union Generals look at a map while sitting and standing under a canopy made from an American flag. In the background, soldiers drill on horseback, with cannons, and in lines near rows of tents. In the left, two barefooted African American men and a child approach a Zouave. A white man soldier stands with a rifle and looks on while another white man soldier leans upon a cannon.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Create postfreeze.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Trimmed.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American children.
African American men.
African Americans.
Cannons -- United States.
Horses -- United States.
Military camps.
Military training.
Rifles -- United States.
Soldiers -- Union.
Zouaves -- United States.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities -- Union.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1860-1870.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Civil War - Military Camps [5779.F.90f]
Accession number 5779.F.90f