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[Confederate works near Yorktown], Confederate States of America
Summary
Union troops in foreground watching Confederates in background.
Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud.
Title devised.
Published as: The enemy's works near Yorktown in Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1862, pp. 280-1.
Inscribed above image: Rebel camp and earthworks; Men at work in the trenches; Camp among trees; House burnt by the rebels; Rifle pits behind fence. Inscribed below image: signal officer on duty.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.286)
Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file F.
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
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Date
01/01/1862
Contributors
Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
