General Patricks punishment for gamblers – Antique Print
![General Patricks punishment for gamblers, [1863 October] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/66/66f6e6e260af-L.webp)
(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 historic drawing captures General Patricks punishment for gamblers in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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General Patricks punishment for gamblers
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The title names Marsena Rudolph Patrick, who in 1863 served as provost marshal for the Army of the Potomac, the office responsible for military police and camp discipline. Gambling was a constant problem in Union camps, where soldiers wagered on cards and dice during long stretches of idle time, and commanders tried a range of punishments to stop it. This small drawing, made in pencil and white paint on olive-tinted paper, records one such method in October 1863. Its modest size and quick, sketch-like handling make it a useful glimpse of how the war's discipline was imagined and recorded at the time.
| Created / published | [1863 October] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 15.0 x 23.4 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Patrick, Marsena Rudolph,--1811-1888--Military service. United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 96th (1862-1866) Military camps--Union--1860-1870. Gambling--1860-1870. Punishment & torture--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union.United States |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218109 |
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