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Wartime Sketches by Charles F. McKenna
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on March 24, 2017
The following illustrations were taken from Under the Maltese Cross – Antietam to Appomattox: The Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865, compiled by Charles F. McKenna, and published in Pittsburgh in 1910. Click on the title for a free download of this book, which is a history of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry.
All of the sketches in this post are by Charles F. McKenna. McKenna was a member of the regiment, Company E, and his portrait appears above.
Sketch of Callen’s Grave, Bethesda Church
Theophilus S. Callen
Camp Humphreys
Hoe-Down – Camp Humphreys
Scene – Battle of Chancellorsville
Departure 123rd Pennsylvania Volunteers [123rd Pennsylvania Infantry] from Camp Humphreys for Home
President Lincoln and Gen. Hooker Reviewing Army
“Hoo-Doo-Ed,” on Road to North Anna
Thank you for these pictures. They make me feel closer to my Civil War relatives.