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Rebels leaving Mechanicsville. Union batteries shelling the Village – Historic Reproduction

Rebels leaving Mechanicsville. Union batteries shelling the Village, [1862 May 24] — historic drawing
Rebels leaving Mechanicsville. Union batteries shelling the Village, [1862 May 24]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Rebels leaving Mechanicsville. Union batteries shelling the Village, a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Confederate troops withdrawing from Mechanicsville while Union batteries shell the village form the subject here, with women and children shown among the houses. The village lies just north of Richmond, on the approach the Union Army of the Potomac took during George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in spring 1862. Drawn in pencil and Chinese white on cream paper, the sheet reminds viewers that artillery fire in the Virginia campaigns fell on towns where families still lived. Heavier fighting came to Mechanicsville at the end of June, when the Seven Days' battles began.

Created / published[1862 May 24]
Medium1 drawing on cream paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 22.2 x 37.0 cm. (sheet).
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
SubjectsArtillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. Women--1860-1870. Children--1860-1870. Dwellings--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military retreats--Confederate.United States--Virginia--Mechanicsville
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,701 × 3,766 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221564

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