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Camp Baltimore. Governor Porter's review of the troops, Wednesday the 18th of May, 1842

Description: Image of United States troops assembled at attention at Camp Baltimore, Maryland, for review by Governor David R. Porter of Pennsylvania; a group of men on horseback, including Governor Porter, at center riding in front of the assembled soldiers; civilian men, women, and children spectators in foreground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1842
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001294
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

La Fayette barracks, Baltimore, MD

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Image of the La Fayette barracks in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; buildings around a square courtyard with ranks of soldiers assembled at attention in the center of the yard; men working in outer areas; city of Baltimore visible in background.

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Camp Carroll, Baltimore, MD. 13th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania Vols

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Image of Camp Carroll in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; military tents and buildings, artillery, and a group of soldiers on horseback in foreground with the 13th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers assembled beyond; the city of Baltimore is visible in the background; text listing over 40 names of the "field and staff" of the regiment in bottom margin.

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Review of the Mass. volunteer militia. at Concord, Sept. 9th, 1859

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Image of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and the artillery of Boston assembled for review by Governor Nathaniel P. Banks and Major General John Ellis Wool in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1859; many ranks of soldiers outside a military camp on foot, on horseback, and accompanying horse-drawn cannons march past an assembled group of military and civilian observers; camp tents and landscape in background; small vignette with battle monument and a single man observing in bottom center margin.

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Camp Putnam. The encampment of the National Guard of New York, at New-Haven Conn. June 1832

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Image of Camp Putnam encampment for the New York State National Guard 27th Artillery Regiment in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832; the regiment stands at attention in front of civilian onlookers; horse-drawn vehicles containing spectators on a dirt road in foreground; tents and a large American flag in the encampment; hilly landscape in background; eagle-topped crest with "NG" at center and motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria" below in bottom center margin.

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Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the first opened for Union volunteers in the United States. 1009 Otsego St. Philadelphia

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Image of interior and exterior views of Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad station during the American Civil War; exterior view includes rows of soldiers at attention, civilians, and signs and flags for the saloon, with a goddess Columbia figure holding an American flag riding a bald eagle in clouds; interior view includes soldiers at tables of food in dining hall, men of the Committee in suits in foreground, and American flag draperies along wall and ceiling.

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Camp Belger, Baltimore, Md

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Image of an aerial view of Camp Belger military camp in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; soldiers from the 114th Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry drilling in long ranks in yard with rows of military camp tents spread out behind in a tree-lined area; American flag on flag pole at center.

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Camp Baltimore. Governor Porter's review of the troops, Wednesday the 18th of May, 1842

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