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Title: Encampment woodcut
Description: Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.45c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an encampment, a cannon, and the digging of trenches."
Date: 1861-1863

Title: Camp Davis-- Ringgold Regiment, 104th Penna. Vols. [graphic] : Colonel W.W.H. Davis.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., View of the Union military training camp outside of Doylestown, Pa. Shows a soldier on horseback passing a field of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: 1861.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - D [5779.F.14]

Title: Camp Casey, 87th Regt. N.Y.S.V. [graphic] : Col. Dodge.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, & Events., View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows a cluster of tents near a grove of barren trees. Soldiers walk and guard the grounds. Also shows, to the left of the image, a horse-drawn wagon travelling on a path leading from the city.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: 1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.7]

Title: Camp of "The Webster Regiment," 12 Mass. Vols. Cantonment Hicks, 1st Brigade, Genl. Banks division, near Frederick Md. [graphic] : Col. Fletcher Webster com., Lt. Col. T.M. Bryan major, E. Burbank surgeon, Jedediah Baxter asst. surgeon, J. Hayward qr. master, David Wood adjutant, T. P. Haviland.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Maryland. Shows the barracks of comapnies A-H and K during the winter. Also shows soldiers on guard and a horse-drawn wagon. Also includes the names of the commaders of the companies printed below the image.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - W [5779.F.32]

Title: Military camp woodcut
Description: Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.49d, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "soldiers in camp, with tents and the flag."
Date: 1860-1861

Title: The ghost of an "old soger" in camp
Description: Reproduction of a satiric drawing alluding to the "old soger," General Winfield Scott, the retired first commander of the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Shows a huge smoking cigar bud, i.e., an "old soger," propped up in the middle of "Camp Scott." An officer looks on in disbelief., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52g]

Title: Camp Chase, 147th Regt. N.Y.S.V. [graphic] : Col. A.P. Warner, commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Ohio. Shows soldiers standing among rows of tents. Also shows soldiers attending pots over campfires.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.10]

Title: Camp Chase, 7th Regt. R.I. Vols [graphic] : Col. L.R. Bliss, Commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Ohio. Shows soldiers walking among a semi-circle cluster of tents. Also shows a government building in the far left background.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.12]

Title: "The swamp angel"
Description: Reproduction of a drawing showing the marsh battery built in August 1863 at Morris Island, S.C. under the orders of General Q.A.Gillmore. The battery,comprised of 13,000 sandbags surrounding a parrott cannon on a parapet, was used to fire onto Charleston, S.C. in order to gain control of the Charleston Harbor., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Creator: Lape, G.T, photographer
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.54b]

Title: Gen. Gilmore."I have no words, my voice is my gun."
Description: Reproduction of a satiric drawing criticizing Gen. Q.A. Gillmore's use of greek fire, i.e., an incendiary shell to bombard Charleston, S.C., a civilian center, in August 1863. Shows Gillmore addressing a soldier holding a protest banner near the cannon at the marsh battery, "Swamp Angel," on Morris Island. The banner reads "Protest of the use of Greek Fire. It is unchristian, uncivilized, and uncomfortable.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - Miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51g]

Title: Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo. 10th & 11th of April 1862 After a bombardment of 30 hours, the fort surrendered unconditionally to the U.S.forces, under the immediate command of Genl. Q.A. Gillmore. 360 prisoners, 17 canon, 40,000 pounds of powder, and a large quantity of provisions fell into the hands of the loyal North
Description: View showing smoke billowing from the fort under siege by shell bursts. Also shows cannons firing from inside the fort., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: c1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles [5779.F.50]

Title: Camp Brandywine, Third Regt. R. Brigade [graphic] / C. Baum del.
Description: 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., 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.
Creator: Baum, C., lithographer., creator
Date: [[ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **GC - Civil War - Camps [5779.F]

Title: Camp Vermont, Va. 4th Dele. Infy. [graphic] : Col. A.H. Grimshaw. Comd. 3rd Brigade. Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis. Major C.C. Lammot. Adjt. W.H. Cloward Q. Master. John F. Toner.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp near Hunting Creek, North Carolina. Shows soldiers milling among wood barracks on the grounds. Also shows two large tents in the foreground.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - V [5779.F.31]

Title: View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill. [graphic].
Description: 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., 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
Creator: Boell, William., creator
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **BW - Military [5779.F.62]

Title: Camp Meridian Hill 7th Regt. N. Jersey vols. [graphic] : Col. Revere.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Washington, D.C. Shows an officer on horse-back inspecting a row of soldiers, including a drum corp, at attention on the camp grounds. Rows of tents are visible in the background.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: 1861.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - M [5779.F.20]

Title: Camp Morris, 138th Regt. N.Y. Vols, Col. [graphic] : Col. Joseph Welling, commdg.
Description: Contains a printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Maryland. Includes soldiers gathered around a campfire. Rows of tents are visible in the background.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Miltary Camps- M [5779.F.21]

Title: Camp near Ft. Lyon, Va., 26th N.Y.V., Colonel Wm. H. Christian. [graphic].
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp. Shows soldiers on the campgrounds near rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - F [5779.F.22]

Title: Camp Pomroy, 111th Regiment, New York [graphic] : Col. J. Segoine commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Virginia. Shows soldiers milling about rows of tents and log dwellings.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - P [5779.F.27]

Title: Camp of Second Mass. Regt., [graphic] : Col. George H.J. Gordon, commanding.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Shows two brigades of soldiers marching toward each other under the inspection of officers on horseback. Also shows rows of tents among trees in the background.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - S [5779.F.19]

Title: Camp of the 131st Regt. Pa. Vols. [graphic] : P.H. Allbach, Col. Lieut., Col. Wm. B. Shaut, Ad. Col.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Antietam, Maryland. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - 131st [5779.F.26]

Title: Camp of 104th Penna. Vol.'s Morris Island, S.C. [graphic] / Hoffman delt.
Description: Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., View of the camp housing the Pennsylvania infantry during the campaign against Charleston in the spring of 1863. Shows soldiers carrying water, cooking over campfires, and resting near tents on the grounds. Also shows "Secessionville," i.e. Charleston, Black Island, and James Island in the distance. Contains the names of the sites included in the view printed below the image.
Creator: Hoffman, Abram J., lithographer., creator
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps- M [5779.F.24]

Title: Camp Hicks near Frederick, Md., 12th Regt. Massachusetts Vols. [graphic] : Col. Webster.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp. Shows tents interspersed among leafless trees. Also includes a few soldiers on the grounds.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - H [5779.F.16]

Title: Camp Seward, 25th Regt. Me. Vol. 3rd Brigade, Casey's Div. [graphic] : Col. Francis Fessendon, commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Westfield, N.Y. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents on the grounds.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - S [5779.F.28]

Title: Camp Graham, Birney's Zouaves, 23d Regiment, P.V. [graphic] : Col. D.B. Birney . Lt. Col. Charles Wilhelm. Major George C. Spear. Junior Major. John Ely.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows troops of soldiers marching past rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1861.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - [5779.F.15]

Title: Camp Seward 170th N.Y.V. 2d Regiment-- Corcoran's Legion [graphic] : Col. Peter McDermott Lieut. Col. J. P. Mc Ivor.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Westfield, N.Y. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents on the grounds.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps [5779.F.29]

Title: Col. C.H. Vanwyck, 56 Reg. N.Y.S.V., 10th Legion, Camp Davis [graphic].
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp. Shows a row of soldiers under the inspection of an officer on horseback. Rows of tents are visible in the background.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: 1861.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - D [5779.F.13]

Title: Col. Wm. B. Greene, commanding 14th Regt. Mass. Vols. (heavy Artillery) Fort Albany, Virginia. [graphic].
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., View of the Union military training camp. Shows a horse-drawn wagon leaving the camp comprised of barracks and tents. Also shows soldiers seated on the grounds outside of the camp.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - F [5779.F.2]

Title: Camp Seward, 27th Regt. Me. Vs. [graphic] : Col. R.P. Tapley, Lt. Col. M.J. Wentworth, Maj. Ja. L. Stone.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Westfield, N.Y. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents on the grounds.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: [c1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - S [5779.F.30]

Title: Camp Tom Casey, 26th Me. Regt. [graphic] : Col. Nathaniel H. Hubbard, commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Virginia. Shows mule-drawn wagons passing rows of tents. Also shows soldiers on the grounds.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.8]

Title: Camp Abercrombie, 169th Regt. N.Y.S. Vols. . [graphic] : Col. Clarence Buel, Commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., View of the camp outside of Washington, DC. Shows soldiers seated and walking among rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - A [5779.F.1]

Title: Camp Wisewell, 28th Regt. N.J. Volunts. [graphic] : Col. M.N. Wisewell, commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Washington, D.C. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - W [5779.F.33]

Title: Scene of camp life. [graphic].
Description: Create postfreeze., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., Trimmed., 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.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Civil War - Miltary Camps [5779.F.90f]

Title: Camp Brightwood 2d Rhode Island. [graphic] : Col. Frank Wheaton, Comdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., View of the Union military training camp in Washington D.C. Shows a troop of soldiers drilling near a cluster of tents enclosed by fencing.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1861.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - B [5779.F.6]

Title: Camp 84th Pa. V., Lt. Col. Milton Opp Comdg (near Falmouth Va.). Camp 1st U.S.S.S. Lt. Col. Caspar Trepp, comdg. Camp 2d. U.S.S.S. Maj. Homer R. Staughton comdg. Hiram Berdan, col. comdg 3d brig. 3d. div. 3d A.C. Camp 110th Pa.V., Isaac Rogers comdg. [graphic].
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camps for infantrymen and sharpshooters. Shows clusters of tents and log dwellings erected near railroad tracks. Also shows soldiers on the grounds, tethered horses, and wagons.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - F [5779.F.25]

Title: Camp Barcly, Meridian Hill, D.C. 1st Lancers 6th Penna Cavalry. [graphic] : Col. R.H. Rush - L.t Col. J.H. McArthur - Major, C. Ross Smith - Jun. Major, Robert Morris jr.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union militray training camp. Shows the cavalry troop drilling past rows of tents and tethered horses.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - B [5779.F.4]

Title: Camp Brightwood, Col. Henry S. Briggs, 10th Massachusetts Volunteers [graphic].
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places, & events., View of the Washington D.C. camp showing a troop of soldiers drilling in a clearing between tents. Also shows soldiers on guard.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - B [5779.F.5]

Title: The game of secession or sketches of the rebellion Our army and navy for ever!
Description: Gameboard containing a serpent-like figure comprised of 135 spaces surrounded by captioned vignettes also used on Civil War envelopes. Pro-Union designs advance the player and anti-secession designs retard the player. Vignettes depict portraits of prominent war figures; views of forts, soldiers, and preparations for battle; Union and Confederate flags; allegorical figures; and satiric and racist depictions of Confederates. Includes President Abraham Lincoln; Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Gen. Winfield Scott, Maj-Gen. George B. McClellan, Comm. S.F. Dupont, Confederate Gen. Beauregard; bombardment of Fort Sumter; Philadelphia Navy Yard; liberty; Columbia; and Confederate soldiers on retreat; riding a enslaved African American man, and protected by bales of cotton. "Directions" to play the game printed in the lower left corner. Flags and shields adorn the borders., Title from item., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to George McClellan. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Reproduced in Erika Piola, "For the millions: Civil War stationery for women and children in the McAllister Collection at the Library Company of Philadelphia," The Ephemera journal 13 (2010), [39]., RVCDC, 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.
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Games [5793.F.44]

Title: Scene of camp life
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., 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.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Civil War - Military Camps [5779.F.90f]

Title: View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill
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., 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.
Creator: Boell, William
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Military [5779.F.62]

Title: Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. Nov. 7th, 1861 by the United States fleet, under command of Commodore Dupont
Description: Battle scene showing a Union warship firing upon the Confederate fort, Fort Walker, amidst streams of smoke and shell bursts., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - P [5779.F.44]

Title: Camp Palmer, 1st Regiment Mich. Cavalry Col. T.F. Broadhead Lient. Col. T.J. Copeland 1st Major W.S. Atwood 2nd A. Paldi 3rd C.H. Town
Description: View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows rows of tents and tethered horses. Includes soldiers on horseback and a female peddler., Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.)
Date: c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - P [5779.F.23]

Title: Camp Palmer, 1st Regiment Mich. Cavalry Col. T.F. Broadhead Lient. Col. T.J. Copeland 1st Major W.S. Atwood 2nd A. Paldi 3rd C.H. Town
Description: View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows rows of tents and tethered horses. Includes soldiers on horseback and a female peddler., Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.)
Date: c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - P [5779.F.23]

Title: Camp Knox, 11th Regt. Me. Vols. [graphic] : John C. Caldwell, colonel.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Shows an officer on horseback supervising flanks of soldiers drilling in front of rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: 1861.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - K [5779.F.18]

Title: Camp Chase, 12th Regt. R.I. Vols., Col. George H. Brown, commdg. [graphic].
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Ohio. Shows soldiers walking among rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.11]

Title: Camp Chase, Va. 11th Regt. N.H. Vols. [graphic] : Col. Walter Harrinan, Commdg.
Description: Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, & Events., View of Union military training camp in Ohio. Includes soldiers standing among and in front of rows of tents.
Creator: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.9]

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.
Description: 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., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events., 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.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist., creator
Date: 1862.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W429.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W429 [5779.F]

Title: Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD. [graphic].
Description: Create postfreeze., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., Trimmed., Bird's-eye view of the enclosed fort at at the Inner Harbor. Cannons line the walls of the facility and soldiers march the grounds. Also shows civilians promenading the streets, and cityscape, ports, and ships along the harbor in the background. Federal Hill was converted to military use in 1861 when the area was occupied under the command of General Benjamin F. Butler following the Riots of April 1861. The fort's cannons consequently pointed toward the city to suppress Southern sympathy.
Creator: E. Sasche & Co., creator
Date: c1862.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. GC - Civil War - Forts & fortifications [5779.F.78b]

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.
Description: 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., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events., 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.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist., creator
Date: 1862.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W429.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W429 [5779.F]

Title: "Take care Gilmore you'll knock my brains out."
Description: Reproduction of a drawing mocking the Confederate military and Gen. Q.A. Gillmore's bombardment of Charleston, S.C. in August 1863. Shows a "450 lb" cannon ball, shot from a cannon on the bank of Morris Island, swiping past the backside of a Confederate officer. Also shows Fort Sumter in the background, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - Miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51e]

Title: View of the encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment 118th. Penn. Vols. near Falls of Schuylkill
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., 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.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W429 [5779.F]

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