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Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers Drilling for Active Service.--Charging, at the Double Quick, Up a Steep Bank Near the Capitol

Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers Drilling for Active Service.--Charging, at the Double Quick, Up a Steep Bank Near the Capitol/tiles/collection/4/4045.xml
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Date

1885

Publisher

The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War

Dimensions

11 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (28.6 x 41.3 cm)

Accession Number

2011.039.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service in Washington shortly after the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861. This hand-colored wood engraving depicts the regiment drilling near the unfinished dome of the Capitol. Like this engraving, many newspaper images covering the Civil War were later republished in The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War in 1885.

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