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Collection Reference Number GLC08653.02
From Archive Folder Life Studies of the Great Army 
Title Commissary's Quarters in Winter Camp
Date 1876
Author Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895)  
Document Type Artwork
Content Description Marked "Plate 2." The commissary sergeant is in the foreground weighing out rations of meat for the company cook. Structure to the left is an improvised stable built of pine boughs. The camp contains a log cabin and is situated on a lake, which is shown in the background. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.4 x 40.2 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title taken from table of contents of GLC02199.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  Military Camp  Military Provisions  
People Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme The American Civil War; Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union Army from 1862-1865. Born in New York City, Forbes became a Civil War reportorial artist for Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, joining the staff at age 22 in 1861.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945