Drawing 1865.

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Drawing 1865.

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Pencil drawing of the interior of a Civil War tent. Drawing has caption "Interior" and is signed "J.W.P." on bottom left. Drawing has pencil note on the side which reads "Interior of hut occupied by Sergt Rumney and Corpl Pattison (on right) and Corpl Welch and Bartlett (on left) of "G" Co. 57th Mass. Vol. Inft., in front of Petersburg, Va.-wint of 1864-5. Jac. Wm. P. It is Rumney who reads the newspaper. Later on we had a door of hardtack box stuff, which I made myself."

1 item ; 15 x 22 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766028

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Rumney, Sergeant

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Pattison, James William, 1844-1915

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Artist and teacher. Son of Rev. Robert Everett Pattison; enlisted in the 57th Massachusetts Volunteers in 1863 and served until Aug. 1865; at Petersburg during the siege; sent letters and illustrative drawings to Harper's Weekly during the Civil War. From the description of Drawing 1865. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 58534687 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...