New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Zouaves, 5th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, Adjutant's Mess

Artist Unknown

Date1866 or 1869

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (15.1 × 19.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 3/16 × 10 5/8 in. (20.8 × 27 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 15/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.6 × 40.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.63

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A photograph showing six soldiers sitting, eating and conversing. They are using a boxed crate as a table. There is a crowd of people watching the group of men. There are tents behind them and to the right, with one man seen sitting inside the tent. Behind the tents there is a stone building. An African American man stands nearby the group of men. In the foreground there are some metal containers, such as a bucket, pans, and a pitcher. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].