Sergeant of the army giving out rations
- Title
- Sergeant of the army giving out rations
- Description
- Martin County farmer John Conrad Getsinger, Sr., a native of Wurttemburg, Germany, participated as a sergeant in Company E of the 1st Regiment of N.C. Volunteers during the Mexican War (1847-1848). This partially colored sketch of a uniformed soldier receiving a plate and cup from two uniformed men is from his sketchbook made during his stay in Mexico. The caption reads "A sergeant of the soldiers army giving out rations."
- Date
- 1847-1848
- Original Format
- drawings
- Extent
- 3cm x 2cm
- Local Identifier
- 0172-b2a-fh-i4
- Creator(s)
- Subject(s)
- Mexican War, 1846-1848--Pictorial works
- Operational rations (Military supplies)--Mexico
- Soldiers--Mexico
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Military History: Mexican War
- Location of Original
- Getsinger Family Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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