1863
French & Co.
Photograph
Title: [Scene, dress parade and camp of a regiment of the Western Army, near Vicksburg. Miss. 1863.]
Title taken from inscription on recto. Troops are lined up for inspection in the distance. They face the camp, which is laid out in company rows. The enlisted men's tents are on the right, and officers' tents can be seen running perpendicular to these. There are also two rows of small open ovens with chimneys where small groups of soldiers (or "messes") prepare their own meals. The camp appears to be in an orchard of some kind--fruit trees visible in between the tents.
GLC05111.01.0083