Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861 – Historic Print
![Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861, 1861 [May-September] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d0/d0090104d9c3-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 Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861
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Rush Christopher Hawkins's regiment, the 9th New York Infantry, stood out in 1861 for adopting the loose, braided dress of French Zouaves. This small pencil sketch records its camp at Newport News, the Virginia port that Union forces occupied in the first months of the Civil War. Carts and wagons appear in the scene, offering a quiet view of the supply work that kept a volunteer army running. Drawn on a sheet only about four by six and a half inches, it preserves an intimate glimpse of camp life during the war's opening summer.
| Created / published | 1861 [May-September] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on white paper : pencil ; 10.0 x 16.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.594) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Hawkins, Rush Christopher,--1831-1920--Military service. United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1863) Carts & wagons--1860-1870. Military camps--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Zouaves--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union.United States--Virginia--Newport News |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218928 |
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