Petersburg, Va. Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0123-View header record
Type
Images
Date
August 1864
Title
Petersburg, Va. Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents
Place Written
Petersburg, Virginia
Pagination
1 albumen print Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 22.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A print of a photograph of Union officers playin cards. The soldiers sit at a table in their camp in the woods playing cards while behind, two back servants look on. One holds a tray with a bottle and a drink poured into a small cup. Three of the soldiers are smoking pipes and the man seated on the left wears a camp / smoking cap. The soldiers are From left: Captain A. H. G. Richardson, Captain J. S. Richardson, unidentified, Captain J. S. Crawford, unidentified, Captain Harry E. Rulon. The 114th Penn. enlisted men wore brick red baggy trousers, white leggings, dark blue jackets with red trim and Fench blue cuffs, French blue sashes, and brick red fezs with a yellow tassel. Officers, however, generally wore standard Federal dark blue frock coats and jackets with either brick red trousers or blue trousers. Inscription on verso: "145. XI-II."

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