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First military execution in Washington; hanging of a private for shooting his superior officer

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First military execution in Washington; hanging of a private for shooting his superior officer

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Title inscribed below image.
Inscribed above image: Snow on the ground. Regiment on the left without overcoats and carrying their knapsacks-. Inscribed left margin: Prime.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, Jan. 25, 1862, p. 60.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.321)
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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01/01/1862

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Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist

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