Casemate Camp Des Romains
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
label: Battle of St. Mihiel
content: 1918-09-12-15
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on paper. Through a large archway in the foreground, the viewer can see the interior of a building, filled with debris and deceased men. Rays of sun come through a hole in the building made by a shell. Original notation (on catalog card): "The Camp des Romains forms the apex of the St. Mihiel salient and its fortress was deemed impregnable. On the afternoon of Sept. 12th it was bombarded and a great shell pierced the arch of this casemate killing the commander's orderly and three other German soldiers. It was evacuated that night."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Saint-Mihiel
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25816
label: catalog number
content: 25816
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall medium)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 15 1/8 in; 55.88 cm x 38.4175 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 20 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 52.705 cm x 31.75 cm