Scenes of encampments of volunteer troops were sold to the soldiers and their loved ones and there must have been a considerable market for these images as many prints done on this theme. Most of the prints one finds are medium or large folio, but this is a nice small folio image issued by L.N. Rosenthal of Philadelphia showing an encampment of Rhode Island volunteers. From Album of the Campaign of 1861 in Western Virginia . Lithographs by J.N. Roesler. Considerable wear and stains at edges.
Images are very good.
These wonderful, lithographed scenes of the 47th Ohio during their campaign in West Virginia are based on drawings by J. Nep Roesler, a Corporal of the color guard in the 47th. This firm also published a series of portraits of Civil War generals and political figures at about the same time. The images concern General William S. Rosecrans' Kanawha Valley campaign of late 1861. Unusual for the time, only one image in the series shows a battle scene, the rest showing troops on picket duty, marching, crossing rivers, and so forth. These rare prints are unusual and fascinating documents of Civil War history.