Name/Title
Camp BerdanEntry/Object ID
2015.12.20Description
Pencil sketch showing a long, clapboard building encircled by an oval path. There is a line of people to the left of the building, a man walking toward the building to the right, and a man holding a gun or stick over his shoulder in front of the building. There is a pole flying the United States flag at the center of the composition. The flag is the only part of the sketch that is colored. Hills border the horizon on either side of the composition. There are multiple labels: "Ball Road" on the left edge; "Village" at the bottom left; "Camp Berdan" at the bottom center; "West Randolph Vt" at the bottom right; "Wm [illeg]" at the bottom right. The page was previously folded for mailing, with the shipping label, "Mr. Exes Menet / care of capt. Stoughton / sec of the U.S.S.S. camp / instruction Washington DC".Context
Shows Camp Berdan, likely a camp of sharpshooters under the command of Colonel Hiram Berdan, near Randolph, Vermont, during the Civil War. The drawing was mailed to Exes Minette at the main sharpshooter training camp, Camp of Instruction, in Washington, DC.Acquisition
Accession
2015.12Source or Donor
Austin, JoyceAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
1861 - 1865Place
Town
RandolphCounty
Orange CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
DrawingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Description
Overall (paper)Height
9 inWidth
11-1/2 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Minette, Exes (1835-1889)Related Places
Place
Village
West RandolphTown
RandolphCounty
Orange CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America