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Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois - Batteries Guarding the Upper Levee Item Info
- Abstract:
- Wide camp view.
- Title:
- Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois - Batteries Guarding the Upper Levee
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- August 1861
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Artillery. // Dragoons Capt. Barker. // Camp Smith. Cairo. Batteries Guarding the upper levee. // Artillery. // Arbors covered with foliage like in Lagerbeer gardens. Skirmishers.";Verso: "Engrave this by all means. // Capt Smith's Artillery & Barker's Dragoons are the pet companies of Chicago, Illinois. The sketch is very accurate keep the character of the trees. I shall write the description to morrow [signed] HL."
- Subjects:
- Camp Smith (Ill.) Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Loss of paper at upper and lower right corners and top and bottom margins; pin pricks at upper left and center.
- Place:
- Illinois--Alexander--Cairo Junction
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 7.75 x 10.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.0408845, -89.19174
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-IL-8/61a (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4487
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-IL-8/61a
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Arbor Artillery Camp life Dragoon Horses Skirmishers Structure Tent Trees Wagon
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois - Batteries Guarding the Upper Levee", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2876.html