Engraving
- Title:
- Formerly 8th Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment New Hampshire Cavalry, Company H.
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1984.015.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Engraving, Formerly 8th Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment New Hampshire Cavalry, Company H., unknown artist, c. 1865. Ink on paper. "FORMERLY 8TH VOLUNTEER INFANTRY" at top of horizontal panel with arched top; eagle clutching a snake with arrows through it with ships, trains, farm, flowers, sheet of music and musical instrument, painting supplies, bust, and framed picture in background in top horizontal panel. Vignette of battle and retreating soldiers in oval surrounded by five small circular portraits of men, including Ambrose E. Burnside, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant. "PRIVATES." at top of left column followed by vertical list, in left and right columns, of names of and remarks about cavalry soldiers. "1ST REGIMENT / NEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY. / COMPANY H." at top of center column, followed by a listing Regimental and Company Officers; center pillars are topped with statues of military officers on horseback. Vignette of man holding sword and pointing toward burning building, second man reaching for sword and looking into distance with woman hugging man, in arch above left column. Vignette of children hugging man with woman running toward man, in arch above right column. "MUSTERED INTO U.S. SERVICE. / DEC. 2, 1861. / AT MANCHESTER, N.H.", lower center in middle column. "HISTORY" followed by a detailed description of the involvement of the Company H's involvement in the Civil War , in framed horizontal panel at bottom of print. Roman soldier [Mars?] holding a sword, on left side of bottom panel. Woman [Victory] with wings, on right side of bottom panel. Molded wood frame with interior painted gold and black, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-21.6 W-17.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mr. Edward Meany to New Hampshire Historical Society
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edward Meany
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