American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

Hand-drawn map of Fort Lamine, MO, image 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (9 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. bifolium sheet), on wove paper. (Old creases, minor toning). 

Joseph V. Parrish, enlisted as a corporal and was mustered into Company G of the 26th Indiana Infantry on the same day. After mustering in Indianapolis, the regiment was fielded to Missouri where they joined Fremont's ill-fated advance on Springfield, engaged in skirmishes, and defended the railroad at Sedalia, MO through 1862. Here Parrish draws their fort along the Lemaine River, detailing the artillery stable, hospitals, gates, railroad, trenches, and other features. In a note on the conjugate leaf Parrish states, "this Fort i[s] Drawn my selfe my captain sed that is colds not be [been] verry easy." (Note, Parrish writes phonetically throughout).