Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 Commissary's Quarters in Winter Camp

GLC08653.02

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GLC#
GLC08653.02-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Title
Commissary's Quarters in Winter Camp
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 etching : b&w Height: 47.8 cm, Width: 60.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Marked "Plate 2." The commissary sergeant is in the foreground weighing out rations of meat for the company cook. Structure to the left is an improvised stable built of pine boughs.The camp contains a log cabin and is situated on a lake, which is shown in the background. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.4 x 40.2 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title taken from table of contents of GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges damaged.

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