The collection consists of one pencil sketch and covers two sides of one page. The sketches depict various punishments used for soldiers in Civil War regiments: the first, a man carrying a "wood tram," the second, a man standing on a "barrell," the third, a man wearing a "wooden overcoat," and the fourth, a man sitting "bucked and gagged."

The drawings are attributed to Eugene B. Hovey, though they are similar to sketches attributed to Charles W. Reed of the 9th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery, created for John D. Billings' Hardtack and Coffee: Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life, Including Chapters on Enlisting, Life in Tents and Log Huts, Jonahs and Beats, Offences and Punishments, Raw Recruits, Foraging, Corps and Corps Badges, the Wagon Trains, the Army Mule, the Engineer Corps, the Signal Corps, Etc. (Boston: George M. Smith & Co, 1889.).