Dog tents
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- Creator
- David Walbert
- Date created
- July 18, 2009
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- This photograph copyright ©2009. Terms of use
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- North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives. (Page 5.1)
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A small two-man tent from the Civil War, nicknamed the “dog tent” by soldiers. First introduced in 1862, many Union and Confederate soldiers were issued one for shelter during active campaign. The soldiers joked that only a dog could crawl under it to stay dry from the rain.
This photograph was taken at the living history program of “Union Occupation” at Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham, North Carolina.
