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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09041 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Book of Military Scraps by John W. Mansfield |
| Date | 1865 |
| Author | Mansfield, John W. (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | Includes watercolor and pencil and ink drawings of: Sibley tents; Zouaves; shoulder straps by rank (in color); Fort Independence; Fort Winthrop; 'Instrument of Torture for Negroes;' several canon, mortars, and guns, including Winan's steam gun, 'Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe,' and Parrott Gun; flag of the Cumberland; a Berdan sharpshooter's rifle; Whitney Battery [Keokuk] 'sunk at the bombardment of Fort Sumpter'; Mississippi River gun boat; Privateer Savannah; 'Gun bent double by a cannon ball at Big Bethel'; U.S. Volunteer & Rebel; 'Field of Antietam'; 'A Skirmish at Yorktown'; Monitor, Merrimac, Roanoke and numerous other ironclads by name. |
| Subjects | Military Camp Military History Ironclad Slavery Union Forces Artillery Navy Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) Privateering Weaponry Battle of Big Bethel (Bethel Church, Great Bethel) Art, Music, Theater, and Film |
| People | Mansfield, John W. (fl. 1865) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |