(CIVIL WAR--MASSACHUSETTS.) Pair of items from the 38th Massachusetts: a pencil sketch, and a
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(CIVIL WAR--MASSACHUSETTS.) Pair of items from the 38th Massachusetts: a pencil sketch, and a field-printed Christmas menu. Two items in one folder, as described. [Louisiana], 1863 The 38th Massachusetts Infantry spent most of 1863 in Louisiana, at the Siege of Port Hudson and then wintering at Baton Rouge in advance of the Red River Campaign. This lot includes:
Pencil sketch, 3¼ x 4¾ inches, mounted on a bit of scrapbook leaf, captioned "Head Qrs, Field and Staff, 38th Mass. Vols. near Port Hudson, La., March 14th 1863, drawn by one of the staff." Depicts a crude log structure.
Charming field-printed Christmas menu for the regiment's "Field and Staff Mess," illustrated with small cuts of game animals, with the "Bill of Fare" including oxtail soup, roast turkey, roast goose, plum pudding, whiskey, brandy, and cigars. One page, 9¾ x 7¾ inches; folds. [Baton Rouge, LA], 25 December 1863.
Pencil sketch, 3¼ x 4¾ inches, mounted on a bit of scrapbook leaf, captioned "Head Qrs, Field and Staff, 38th Mass. Vols. near Port Hudson, La., March 14th 1863, drawn by one of the staff." Depicts a crude log structure.
Charming field-printed Christmas menu for the regiment's "Field and Staff Mess," illustrated with small cuts of game animals, with the "Bill of Fare" including oxtail soup, roast turkey, roast goose, plum pudding, whiskey, brandy, and cigars. One page, 9¾ x 7¾ inches; folds. [Baton Rouge, LA], 25 December 1863.
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(CIVIL WAR--MASSACHUSETTS.) Pair of items from the 38th Massachusetts: a pencil sketch, and a
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