Camps of U.S. troops around Washington City, from S. to W. / Lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Balto. Md. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Camps of U.S. troops around Washington City, from S. to W. / Lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Balto. Md., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Camps of U.S. troops around Washington City, from S. to W. / Lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Balto. Md.
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Rather than showing a single encampment, this lithograph maps the ring of Union army camps that filled the land around Washington in 1861, read from south to west. The Baltimore firm E. Sachse & Co. printed it, and C. Bonn published it in Washington, a common arrangement for the firm's bird's-eye views. It captures the early Civil War, when volunteer regiments poured into the capital after the attack on Fort Sumter and needed ground to drill and wait for orders. The elevated viewpoint shows how the troops were spread across hills and fields, including the Virginia side near Arlington.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : publ. by C. Bonn, c1861. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union. Military camps--Union--Virginia--Arlington--1860-1870. Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,292 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184097 |
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