Civil War Sketchbook

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Joseph E. Shadek Civil War Sketchbook
The creator of the sketchbook is Corporal J.E. Shadek of the 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A. The sketchbook originally measured 8 �"L x 6 �"W. In the winter of 2012 the book was disbound during conservation treatment at the NEDCC i... View Full Record
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Camp Burnside - Jamaica, Long Island, Nov. 4th, 1861
The 8CV was organized with men who had seafaring experience and thus participated in General Burnside's plan to block outside supply lines along parts of the East coast and to destroy targeted train supply lines. The 8CV, Co. A, first trained in the... View Full Record
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Lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay, 1861
Shadek's depiction of a Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is indicative of the CV 8th Regiment's journey southward. His book contains several sketches of important places in Maryland where the troops of the CV8 spent time or trained.... View Full Record
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Railroad Depot, Quarter of the 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers - Perryville Station, Maryland
Shadek's sketchbook contains several sketches of important places in Maryland where the troops of the CV8 spent time or trained. This black and white sketch shows the Perryville railroad station on the water's edge. A railroad bridge appears to the... View Full Record
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Camp of the 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers - Annapolis, Maryland, December 8th, 1861
Shadek's sketchbook contains several sketches of important places in Maryland where the troops of the CV8 spent time or trained. This sketch shows the multiple rows of tents pitched around flag poles proudly flying the Union flag. The artist indicat... View Full Record
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Evening Amusements - Camp Annapolis, December 24, 1861
The difficult and demanding days of training and fighting were often punctuated by many hours of waiting or sheer boredom. Soldiers frequently amused themselves with diversions such as games and music as seen in this colorful watercolor where soldie... View Full Record
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U.S. Gunboat "Chasseur" passing Hatteras Lights, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina - January 12, 1862
This sketch is the first in Shadek's book to depict a North Carolina location. Once the troops left Annapolis, they had a relatively easy and direct route south on the Chesapeake Bay and down to Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks where they could ente... View Full Record
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Forts Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina - 1862
Once the troops left Annapolis, they had a relatively easy and direct route south on the Chesapeake Bay and down to Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks where they could enter the sound and approach important, strategic locations on land like New Bern an... View Full Record
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Lighthouse on Grottan Sound, U.S. Gunboats passing - February 7, 1862
Once the troops left Annapolis, they had a relatively easy and direct route south on the Chesapeake Bay and down to Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks where they could enter the sound and approach important, strategic locations on land like New Bern an... View Full Record
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Bombardment of the Rebel Fort Bartow, Roanoke Island, North Carolina - February 7, 1862
This image is part of a series of sketches that depict the bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds.... View Full Record
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Storming the Rebel Battery "Carman," Roanoke Island, North Carolina - February 8, 1862
This series of sketches depicts the bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds.... View Full Record
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Rebel Fort Bartow, Roanoke Island, North Carolina, taken February 8, 1862
This series of sketches depicts the bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds.... View Full Record
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General Burnside's Headquarters, Roanoke Island, North Carolina - 1862
This series of sketches depicts the bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds. Here, General Burnside's headquarters is depicted as a w... View Full Record
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Distant view of General Burnside's Headquarters, Roanoke Island, North Carolina - 1862
This series of sketches depicts the bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds. Here, soldiers can be seen marching in formation on the... View Full Record
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Camp of the 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, on Roanoke Island, North Carolina - 1862
This series of sketches depicts the bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds. Here, dozens of tents are pitched alongside a woods and... View Full Record
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Hospital on Roanoke Island (north side), North Carolina - 1862
During the Civil War, hospitals for the sick and wounded were grim places to be avoided. Due to medical practices implemented during this period, many people died of infections rather than their original injuries. This small hospital building sits... View Full Record
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Boats on water near Roanoke Island, North Carolina
This series of sketches depict the aftermath of bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds. In this sketch boats, powered by sail and st... View Full Record
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Bivouac of the 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, before the battle - New Bern, North Carolina - March 15, 1862
This image is the first rendering of a location south of Roanoke Island. Corporal Shadek depicted New Bern, North Carolina, numerous times in his sketchbook. Toward the end of the sketchbook, a "landscape" painting is included with "Newbern on Fire... View Full Record
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8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, passing through the evacuated Rebel Battery near New Bern, North Carolina - March 13, 1862
Corporal Shadek depicted New Bern, North Carolina, numerous times in his sketchbook. Toward the end of the sketchbook, a "landscape" painting is included with "Newbern on Fire, after the Battle, March 14th, 1862." New Bern, NC, was the site of fier... View Full Record
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Battle before New Bern, North Carolina, 8th Connecticut Volunteers charging - March 14, 1864
Corporal Shadek depicted New Bern, North Carolina, numerous times in his sketchbook. Toward the end of the sketchbook, a "landscape" painting is included with "Newbern on Fire, after the Battle, March 14th, 1862." New Bern, NC, was the site of fier... View Full Record
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New Bern, North Carolina on fire after the battle - March 14, 1862
Corporal Shadek depicted New Bern, North Carolina, numerous times in his sketchbook. Toward the end of the sketchbook, a "landscape" painting is included with "Newbern on Fire, after the Battle, March 14th, 1862." New Bern, NC, was the site of fier... View Full Record
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New Bern, North Carolina - March 18, 1862
Corporal Shadek depicted New Bern, North Carolina, numerous times in his sketchbook. Toward the end of the sketchbook, a "landscape" painting is included with "Newbern on Fire, after the Battle, March 14th, 1862." New Bern, NC, was the site of fier... View Full Record
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8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Bivouac near Sloocombs Creek, North Carolina - March 21, 1862
Here, Shadek depicts dozens of temporary shelters and tents where soldiers have set up camp on a sloping field with trees in the background. Equipment is piled up and some soldiers are carrying rifles or sit on the ground chatting.... View Full Record
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Carolina City, North Carolina (taken March 23, 1862)
Corporal Shadek's sketch of Carolina City shows a house that sits right next to the water. A ship can be seen in the distant background. On the right, there appear to be two chimneys standing as remnants of a building.... View Full Record
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8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, shanties near Carolina City, North Carolina - 1862
Union troops used camps once occupied by Confederates in Carolina City (now part of Morehead City) as a base and headquarters. This sketch shows shanties or temporary wooden shelters being used by Union troops.... View Full Record
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Burning of the Prise Vessel, near Fort Macon - March 23, 1862
The structure of Fort Macon can be seen as a mound in the back right of the image while smoke billows upwards from a boat on the water. In the foreground, a man stands on a pier and surveys the scene.... View Full Record
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Claming near Carolina City, North Carolina - March 24, 1862
Shadek depicts a wide open expanse of shallow water and mud flats with over a dozen figures bent over and digging for clams. A tree studded shoreline and cloudy sky loom on the far side of the water.... View Full Record
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Ruins of the Rebel camp near Morehead City, North Carolina - 1862
Although records of service indicate that Corporal Shadek served until he was discharged for disability in December of 1862, the sketches do not continue past July of 1862, when he drew a building in Morehead City, NC, the point of the CV8, Company A... View Full Record
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Bogue Banks Barracks, North Carolina - Arpil 23, 1862
Bogue Banks lies on the southern tip of Emerald Isle, just south of Morehead City, North Carolina. This sketch depicts some simple wooden huts or shanties being used by Union troops. Three cannons are scattered around the grounds and a flag flies o... View Full Record
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Morehead City, Beaufort & Fort Macon, North Carolina - 1862
Corporal Shadek captures three sites dotting the horizon from a shoreline vantage point: Morehead city, the town of Beaufort slightly to the north, and Fort Macon which sits outermost on the water's edge.... View Full Record
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Siege Guns Battery - Bogue Banks, North Carolina, 1862
Soldiers work inside the stone or brick walls of the battery, carrying material and inspecting cannons. The walls have openings for the cannons, with one cannon installed and shown at the center of the image.... View Full Record
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Fort Macon, North Carolina - 1862
This image features a view of some simple wooden houses and huts in the foreground with the water and fort and a giant union flag looming from Fort Macon to the back right Fort Macon was located at the northern tip of Emerald Isle, north of Morehe... View Full Record
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Fort Macon, view from parapet - 1862
Fort Macon was located at the northern tip of Emerald Isle, north of Morehead City,straddling Bogue Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It was built to protect the deep water port at Beaufort, North Carolina (1826-1834), and fell to Union forces on April... View Full Record
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Fort Macon-Interior, North Carolina - April 26, 1862
Fort Macon was located at the northern tip of Emerald Isle, north of Morehead City,straddling Bogue Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It was built to protect the deep water port at Beaufort, North Carolina (1826-1834), and fell to Union forces on April... View Full Record
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One of the Casemates, Fort Macon, North Carolina - 1862
Fort Macon was located at the northern tip of Emerald Isle, north of Morehead City,straddling Bogue Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It was built to protect the deep water port at Beaufort, North Carolina (1826-1834), and fell to Union forces on April... View Full Record
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Rail Road Station "Morehead," Night quarters of the 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers - May 2, 1862
Fort Macon was located at the northern tip of Emerald Isle, north of Morehead City,straddling Bogue Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It was built to protect the deep water port at Beaufort, North Carolina (1826-1834), and fell to Union forces on April... View Full Record
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Camp of the 8th Connecticut Volunteers near New Bern, North Carolina - May 5, 1862
Fort Macon was located at the northern tip of Emerald Isle, north of Morehead City,straddling Bogue Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It was built to protect the deep water port at Beaufort, North Carolina (1826-1834), and fell to Union forces on April... View Full Record
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Quarters of Company A, I, D, C - Morehead City, North Carolina - July 3, 1862
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Rips Raps Virginia (near Fortress Mourow)
By the summer of 1862, Corporal Shadek's Regiment headed north into Virginia and eventually took part in the Battle of Antietam.... View Full Record