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Scene of camp life. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A55101
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Contributor
Provenance:: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Scene of camp life. [graphic].
Publisher
[New York?,
Date
[ca. 1863]
Extent
1 print: wood engraving; 11 x 24 cm.(4.25 x 9.5 in.)
Description
Busy scene showing numerous activities occurring simultaneously at a military camp. At the center, generals make strategic plans under a canopy made from an American flag while soldiers drill on horseback, with cannons, and in lines around the officers near rows of tents. Also shows African American men and a child approaching a Zouave, soldiers rounding up horses, an infantryman leaning on a cannon, and soldiers standing on the grounds.
Notes
Create postfreeze.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events.
Trimmed.
Genre
Wood engravings 1860-1870.
Subject
Military camps.
African Americans.
Military training.
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
Has format
TMP.objres.4167.jpg
Call number
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Civil War - Miltary Camps [5779.F.90f]
Accession number
5779.F.90f
In Collections
Civil War Military Camps
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