Brigadier General Viele's Staff Headquarters

Title

Brigadier General Viele's Staff Headquarters

Abstract

Camp scene.

Artist

Crane, W. T.

Date

January 10, 1862

Transcription

Recto: "Big. [sic] Gen. Viele's Staff & Head Quarters Hilton Head S.C. (sketched - Jan 10th 1862) // (1) Gen Viele's tent- (2) Armorers (3) Blacksmiths- (4) Dr. Dayton (Brig. surgeons) (5) Capt. Sculls tent- (6) -Capt. Pierre C. Kane- (7) Mess tent quarter masters (9) Lieut Goulds- (10) Stone tent (11) orderly's-."
Verso: no text.

Condition

Dog ear at upper left; stain at lower left; pin holes at right margin.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

7 x 9.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

32.216316, -80.752608

Source

Original drawing location: CW-WC-SC-1/10/62 (Box 6.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4717

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-WC-SC-1/10/62

Collection

Military Camp Life

Citation

Crane, W. T., “Brigadier General Viele's Staff Headquarters,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2003.