Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) [Long, Daniel.] Officer's Tent, Co. A, 145th Regt. P.V. Pencil drawing, 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; toned, minor foxing, slight chipping at margins. Mounted to mat on top edge along with related documents. Np, circa September-November 1862

Additional Details

Daniel Long (1837-1899) of Fairview, Erie County, PA was apparently the artist of this charming sketch. It depicts three company officers relaxing in their tent, along with their African-American cook. From left to right, they are 2nd Lieutenant Daniel Long, Captain John W. Reynolds, 1st Lieutenant Fletcher Clay, and cook Jack Preston. The 145th Pennsylvania Infantry was mustered on 26 August 1862, and Lieutenant Clay was killed at Fredericksburg on 13 December, which narrows down the date. with--Autograph Letter Signed from Daniel Long to his wife Hannah dated Camp Bolivar Heights, Harper's Ferry, 20 October 1862 and two captions by daughter Minnie Elizabeth Long Ryan (1870-1948), identifying the men in drawing. She adds that "Daniel Long was shot through right shoulder and lung. . . . Jack Preston accompanied D. Long home when he was able to travel and remained for some time to help in the home."