Detail:

1863 - Morris Island, South Carolina. The "rogue's march" drumming a thief out of camp.

The sign says something like, " THIEF. This man, Ben J. F. Ditcher, 55th Mass. Vol's (volunteers) STOLE MONEY from a wounded FRIEND".

Check out an 1800's article about being 'drummed out of camp' here, it wasn't a light sentence.

View the original image from the Library of Congress here. Follow clicksypics.com on facebook here.

Next >>>>

 

 

 

  

 

Old Vintage Photography



Creative Commons License
This work by clicksypics.com is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Still photographs are public domain unless otherwise noted.