Mansfield, John W., fl. 1865 Book of Military Scraps by John W. Mansfield
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09041 Author/Creator: Mansfield, John W., fl. 1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketchbook Date: 1865 Pagination: 20 p. : Order a Copy
Includes watercolor and pencil and ink drawings of: Sibley tents; Zouaves; shoulder straps by rank (in color); Fort Independence; Fort Winthrop; 'Instrument of Torture for Negroes;' several canon, mortars, and guns, including Winan's steam gun, 'Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe,' and Parrott Gun; flag of the Cumberland; a Berdan sharpshooter's rifle; Whitney Battery [Keokuk] 'sunk at the bombardment of Fort Sumpter'; Mississippi River gun boat; Privateer Savannah; 'Gun bent double by a cannon ball at Big Bethel'; U.S. Volunteer & Rebel; 'Field of Antietam'; 'A Skirmish at Yorktown'; Monitor, Merrimac, Roanoke and numerous other ironclads by name.
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