Details
Creator Magee, John L., artist.
Contributor Boell, William, printer.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Boell & Magee, publisher.
Title View of the encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment 118th. Penn. Vols. near Falls of Schuylkill. [graphic] / Del. & Lith. by J. Magee ; Lith & Print. by W. Boell, 311 Walnut St.
Publisher Philadelphia: Pubd. by Boell & Magee 311 Walnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date 1862
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 42 x 63 cm. (16.5 x 25 in.)
Description Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near East Falls, Philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called Camp Union. Also contains the names of the "Committee of the Corn Exchange Regiment" printed below the image. The Exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty.
Is referenced by Wainwright 429
Notes Printed below the title: To the President and members of the Corn Exchange and the officers and men of the Regiment this Plate is respectfully dedicated by the Artists.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 795
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events.
Subject United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865)
Military camps -- United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities -- Union.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
East Falls (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer Boell & Magee, publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W429 [5779.F]
Accession number 5779.F