Camp Burnside, Annapolis, Md. / 8th Regt. Connecticut Vol. Col. Harland, Lieut. Col. Terry. (Christmas Day.)
ArtistDrawn by
Alonzo I. Richards
American, 1835 - 1862
PrinterPrinted by
E. Sachse & Co.
American, 1850 - 1877
Date1862
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 1/16 x 16 7/8in. (25.6 x 42.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 15/16 x 19 3/16in. (30.3 x 48.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 15/16 x 19 3/16in. (30.3 x 48.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Paul W. Cooley
DescriptionBirds-eye view of Camp Burnside, a military camp in Annapolis, Maryland. Approximately one hundred tents are arranged in rows in a grid pattern. At the end of each company street is a large arch the the company letter in what appears to evergreen garlands. The central arch contains a five-pointed star and the date "1776". Evergreen trees are interspersed among the tents. In the foreground, soldiers stand in formation with a small band at the left. Laundry hangs on a clothesline in front of a tent at the left. Rifles are stacked in front of three tents at the right. Men, women, and children walk among the soldiers. A covered wagon is in the left foreground. The camp is surrounded by a Virginia split rail fence. Two American flags fly overhead. The dome of the Maryland State Capitol is visible in the distance.
Object number1964.65.0
InscribedOn recto, lower center, printed in black ink, "CAIMP BURNSIDE, ANNAPOLIS, MD. / 8TH REGT. CONNECTICUT VOL. COL. HARLAND, LIEUT. COL. TERRY / (CHRISTMAS DAY.)"On verse, lower right, in pencil, "Box # 17" "1964-65-0"NotesConstituent Note: The artist, Private Alonzo Richards of Killingworth, Connecticut, was killed at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.
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