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Hart Island Item Info
- Abstract:
- Composite sketches on verso; sketches gridded on recto & verso.
- Title:
- Hart Island
- Date:
- August 8, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "officers and conscripts Qrs. // commissary Bldgs // Doctors office // Hospital // [illegible] // Hart Island // August 8th 1864 // to be higer [sic] // level with officers Qrs // a mistake.";Verso: "Harts Isld // The Wharf // soldiers, working in the foreground // arrival of conscripts and volunteers // colored troops camp // Hart Island."
- Subjects:
- Hart Island (N.Y.)--History--19th century New York--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Military camps--New York--Hart Island
- Condition:
- Top left corner fold; bottom corner folds.
- Place:
- New York state--New York city--Bronx--Hart Island
- Medium:
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions:
- 10.0 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 40.8447819, -73.8648268
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-UK-NY-8-8-64 (Box 10).
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4995
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-UK-NY-8-8-64
- Collection:
- Military Ceremonies and Discipline
- Tags:
- Barracks Camp life Discipline Harbor Hospital Military buildings Punishment
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Hart Island", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2632.html