Image of an elevated view of the Camp Belger military camp barracks in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; long ranks of soldiers drilling in yard in front of camp buildings; horse-drawn carriage on dirt road in foreground; list of names of military personnel of the 51st Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in bottom margin. "Lith. & Print by E. Sachse & Co. 104 S. Charles St. Balto."--text, bottom left margin.
"Ent accord to Act of Congress A.D. 1863 by E. Sachse & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland."--text, bottom center margin.
"51st Regt. Mass. Volunteers. Colonel Augustus B. R. Sprague."--text, bottom center margin. Camp Belger was located in Baltimore near the intersection of Madison and North Avenue just south of Druid Hill Park. In November 1862, the 150th New York Volunteers occupied the camp, named for Quartermaster Colonel James Belger. (Rice, Laura. Maryland History in Prints 1743-1900 [Baltimore: The Maryland Historical Society, 2001], p.254.)
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 34.61 x 48.26 cm (13 5/8 x 19 in.)
Camp Belger (Baltimore, Md.)--Pictorial works Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works Military camps--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 51st (1862-1863)--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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