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[Ford near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. Pickets firing across the river]
Summary
Soldiers resting, and firing guns on the banks of the Potomac.
Title devised from Harpers Weekly.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1862.
Inscribed upper left: 1st [illegible inscription]
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.480)
Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file S.
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
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No known restrictions on publication.
