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View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A65901
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Creator
Boell, William.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lith & publ. by W. Boell, 311 Walnut St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date
[ca. 1862]
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 46 x 65 cm (24.25 x 18.25 in.)
Description
View showing the Civil War camp under the command of Col. James A. Galligher. Soldiers drill on foot and on horseback in front of drill sergeants, officers-in-charge, and camp visitors, including men, women, and children. Also shows rows of tents; flagpoles; and a horse-drawn streetcar from the Girard College and Manayunk line passing the campgrounds. Also includes the names and ranks of the commanding officers and their respective companies below the image.
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 785
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Upper right corner repaired.
Illegible inscription upper left corner.
Subject
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 13th (1861-1865) -- Facilities.
Military camps -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Military training -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn omnibuses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities -- Union.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Military [5779.F.62]
Accession number
5779.F.62
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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