Title
Frederick E. Ransom Sketchbook, 1874-1882
Subject
Ransom, Frederick Eugene
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Ransom, Thomas Edwin Greenfield, 1834-1864
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865)
Fort Donelson, Battle of (Tennessee : 1862)
Atlanta Campaign (1864)
Big Black River, Battle of (Mississippi : 1863)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Art and war
Description
This sketchbook, prepared after the war, contains approximately 100 pen and ink sketches depicting Civil War army life, battles, prison conditions, equipment and military dress. It also includes miscellaneous poems, quotations and civil and military facts including an essay titled "Army Life of Regulars," a brief history of the 11th Illinois Infantry, and copies of general orders and letters of Brigadier General T. E. Ransom.
Creator
Ransom, Frederick E.
Source
SC 1236
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1874-1882
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
514245
Status
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Weight
2000
Original Format
pen and ink
200 p.
20.5 x 32.5 cm