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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03537 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Camp scenes and sketches of the Andrew Light Infantry |
| Date | 1864 |
| Author | Park, Frank E. (1835-1904) |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | Civil War sketchbook containing thirty-four watercolors and eight black and white pencil sketches. Includes watercolor of Antietam battlefield with skulls and cannon balls. Also depicted are Washington, D.C., Fort Lee, New York, Arlington, Virginia, Fort Smith, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, as well as flowers, soldiers, a flag, among others. With two tintype photographs of Union buglers pasted into the covers. Park came from South Boston and served in the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, initially known as the Andrew Light Infantry, or A.L.I. He enlisted as a private and was discharged as a corporal. Park served only during 1864, and one of the sketches bears this year, so the sketchbook is from 1864. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Art, Music, Theater, and Film Soldier's Diary Death Artillery Battle American Flag Washington, D.C. Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) Fortification Photography |
| People | Park, Frank E. (1835-1904) |
| Place written | Various |
| Theme | The American Civil War; 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 |