Image of a Union military camp at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, during the American Civil War; soldiers visible on a hill looking out over the Gauley River; rafts and a rowboat ferry men across the river; military camp tents extend up the hillside in the background. This title is part of a set published as the Album of the Campaign of 1861 in West Virginia. Cincinnati : Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., 1862.
"Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Cincinnati."--text, bottom right margin.
"Sketched fr. nature & drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. of Color Guard Comp. G. 47th. Regt. O.V.-U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 32.7 x 42.55 cm (12 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Military camps--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Gauley Bridge (W. Va.)
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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