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How Volunteers are Treated in Philadelphia newspaper illustration, 1861

Permanent ID:
13522
Date:
July 13 1861
Image Description:
A large illustration from the July 31, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly depicting several vignettes of Union Army volunteers receiving refreshments in Philadelphia. According to the short article accompanying the illustration, volunteers were provided free coffee, bread, butter, and cold meats. This particular refreshment station may or may not be related to the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in South Philadelphia, at the corner of Washington Avenue and Swanson Street. There, a neighborhood grocer named Barzilai Brown began distributing food to soldiers traveling to and from the nearby Navy Yard and railroads. This operation, originally referred to as “Brown’s,” became the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon on May 27, 1861. Samuel B. Fales was the Corresponding Secretary of the saloon.

This digital record contains one image that depicts one clipping from folder 8.
Format:
Printed Matter; Clippings; Periodical illustrations
Collection:
Samuel B. Fales collection of Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon papers
Library of Congress Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Anecdotes [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85140210]
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85140223]
Newspaper illustrations [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm007062]