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Creator Baum, C., lithographer.
Contributor Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Printer: Feusier, A., publisher.
Title Camp Brandywine, Third Regt. R. Brigade [graphic] / C. Baum del.
Publisher [Philadelphia?]: A. Feusier lith.]
Date [[ca. 1862]
Extent 1 print: chromolithograph; 45 x 62 cm.(18 x 22.5 in.)
Description View of the Union military camp outside of Wilmington, Delaware. Includes rows of tents; drilling troops; civilian visitors; mess tents; and soldiers attending kettles over campfires. Also shows, in the distant background, the steeple of Christ Church and the flags of Dupont Cannon House and Dell Battery. Contains the names of the officers in charge of the camp and a key to the tents of the attending companies printed below the image. Also contains the names of depicted landmarks, the names of the commanders, and the Philadelphia street addresses of the companies' armories. Companies include Artillery Guard; Hamilton Rifles; Minute Guard; United Guard; and Minute Men.
Notes Manuscript note on recto: Presented to [Dyer & Co.?] by A. W. [Ruck?]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Genre Chromolithographs 1860-1870.
Subject Military camps--Delaware--Wilmington.
Spatial coverage United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Is part of Civil War Military Camps
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **GC - Civil War - Camps [5779.F]
Accession number 5779.F

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