American Civil War,A Watched pot never boils,Drummer Boy,Union Soldiers,Campfire

Title: A watched pot never boils ; A tasty supper ; Drummer boys ; Played out / Edwin Forbes.
Creator(s): Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, artist
Date Created/Published: [ca. 1876]
Summary: Four vignettes showing army life at periods of rest. In the first, a young African American soldier has fallen asleep next to pot which has fallen off the campfire ; the second shows a group of men seated around a campfire ; the third shows three drummers at rest, two standing with their drums on their backs and the third seated on his drum ; the fourth shows two exhausted soldiers asleep next to a tree while their detachment marches off into the background.
Notes:
Part of 'Life studies of the great army.'
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.323)
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Subjects:
Sleeping--1860-1870.
Drums--1860-1870.
Outdoor cookery--1860-1870.
Military personnel--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
Drawings--American--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2004661898/
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