Bathing in Chattahouchee River, Georgia, with difficulty, July 1864
Summary
Drawing shows a soldiers emerging from a bath in the Chattahoochee River covered in leeches.
Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake.
Title on mat: Bathing in Chattahutchi [i.e. Chattahoochee] River, GA - with difficulty - July 1864 boy covered with leeches.
Dated, "July 1864" in upper left corner.
"Am Chattahutchi" upper left corner.
"N.54" upper left corner.
Code on mat (source unverified): II-54.
Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress.
Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:188).
Blood shed in this war: Civil War illustrations by Captain Adolph Metzner, 32nd Indiana / Michael A. Peake. Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2010.
Tags
Date
01/01/1864
Location
chattahoochee river
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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