Registered enemies taking the oath of allegiance at the office of Gen. Bowen, at New Orleans / From a sketch by Mr. J.R. Hamilton. – Antique Print
(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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This rare antique engraving captures Registered enemies taking the oath of allegiance at the office of Gen. Bowen, at New Orleans / From a sketch by Mr. J.R. Hamilton. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Registered enemies taking the oath of allegiance at the office of Gen. Bowen, at New Orleans / From a sketch by Mr. J.R. Hamilton.
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This wood engraving shows residents who had been listed as enemies of the Union lining up to swear an oath of allegiance at the office of General Bowen in New Orleans. The city had been under Union occupation since the spring of 1862, and military authorities required local men and women who had supported the Confederacy to register and renounce it before they could regain standing. *Harper's Weekly* published the scene on June 6, 1863, working from a sketch by J.R. Hamilton, since photographs of such proceedings were rarely possible. The picture offers a view of the administrative side of occupation, where loyalty was recorded at a desk rather than on a battlefield.
| Created / published | 1863 June 6. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 6, p. 357. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Surrenders--Confederate. Pledges of allegiance--Louisiana--New Orleans--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,254 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184290 |
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