The illustration shows an encampment, a cannon, and the digging of trenches., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Keystone Battery
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1861 Keystone (4)5777.F.30 (McAllister)
View showing Rodman guns and carriages lined up near the entrance to the U.S. Government Building, designed by James Windrim, looking southeast along Belmont Avenue. Also shows a train next to the covered platform across the street and the music pavilion in the middle of the intersection of Belmont and Fountain Avenues. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.165]
Interior view of Machinery Hall along South Avenue from the East end. Depicts exhibit and displays from Germany, Great Britain and Ireland. In the foreground are two large cannons, part of the German section.
In his memoir, Reminiscences of Philadelphia during the past half century (Philadelphia 1895), J.E. Peyton of Haddonfield, N.J. claims to have lent his name to the recruitment of two cavalry regiments which became the 3rd and 11th Pennsylvania. Taylor associates him with the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry: In the autumn of 1862 an enthusiastic citizen of Haddonfield, N. J., was active in securing recruits for the "Continental Cavalry." Two companies, intended as A and B, were camped at Haddonfield. Adverse circumstances led many of the recruits to leave camp and to enlist elsewhere. Their names were, however, carried upon the company records as "deserters." Those who remained were, with their officers, mustered into the service and attached to the 18th Cavalry."--F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 180 note., The illustration, signed E. Rogers, shows four horses, two with riders, pulling a cannon with three soldiers seated., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1861 or 1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1861 Flying (4)5777.F.51 (McAllister)
Col. John Richter Jones commanded the 58th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, not the 57th, both of which began recruiting in the fall of 1861, though neither regiment included an artillery battery. Paul T. Jones led Battery L of the 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment., Printed on rose-colored paper., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with the banner: The Union now and forever!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Rare (2)5777.F.32b (McAllister)
View of guns, cannons, and various artillery along road in front of U.S. Government Building. Depicted in the scene are people partaking in tasks and a horse tied to a fence. Also shown are many trees in the background.
View of The 20 Ton Rodman Gun in front of the U.S. Government Building. The background depicts a grassy area surrounded by trees, in the center of which a statue sits atop a pedastal.
Exhibit titles: Schaffer & Budenberg, Buckau, Exhibit #3a; Krupp, Fried., Essen, Exhibit #49, Machinery Hall, Bldg. #2.
Interior of Machinery Hall, view of South Avenue looking west. In the forefront are two large Krupp guns. The sign for Great Britian and Ireland section visible.
Interior view of Machinery Hall. The foreground depicts the Russian section, which houses various weaponry on display. The background also shows the sections of exhibits belonging to Sweden and Belgium.
Exterior view of U.S. Government Building. Shows various paths leading to the building, all of which are neatly separated by areas of grass. Also depicted in front of the building are cannons, along with a horse-drawn carriage and a gazebo.
The valentine features a man in uniform with a cannon for his head. A wheel rests behind his back, and he holds a lit cord in this hand. The border features matches, a heart-shaped beet, and cherubs playing tennis and tug o' war. The label on the matchbox reads "Red-headed matches go off easy," and the beet is marked "D.B." [i.e. "dead beat" or "dead beet"]., Text: Are you primed and loaded / My bold gunner? / If you only "knowed it" / You're a stunner. / Blow a cloud of smoke / From your muzzle-- / Why it don't you choke / Is a puzzle., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
View of Monitor Turret in front of the U.S. Government Building. The foreground depicts people leisurly sitting on the steps and standing in the patchway. The background also shows a cannon in front of the U.S. Government Building.
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]
Charles Angeroth was authorized in Oct. 1861 to raise a battalion of heavy artillery; the 112th Regiment, 2nd Artillery of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was mustered in Jan. 8, 1862 and mustered out Jan. 29, 1866; Angeroth was discharged June 21, 1862 and replaced by A.A. Gibson. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1059, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 150. There was no 4th Pennsylvania Artillery., The illustration, signed E. Rogers, shows four horses, two with riders, pulling a cannon with three soldiers seated., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862 or 1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 To arms (3)5777.F.18 (McAllister)
Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
[c1845]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]
View of guns, cannons, and various artillery in front of the Government Building. The weapons are depicted on the right side of the photograph, next to a long stretch of road leading to the Government Building. On the left side of the road is a park with people walk along the paths.