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Brandy Station – Historic Reproduction

Brandy Station, [1863 ca. June 9] — historic drawing
Brandy Station, [1863 ca. June 9]. 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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Small enough to hold in one hand, this pencil sketch on green paper is titled *Brandy Station* and dated to about June 9, 1863, the day of the battle fought near Culpeper, Virginia. It is catalogued among the drawings of Alfred R. Waud, the British-born illustrator who sent sketches from the front to *Harper's Weekly*, and its subject is listed as military headquarters. The engagement pitted Union cavalry under Alfred Pleasonton against Confederate horsemen led by J.E.B. Stuart, and it remains the largest cavalry battle fought in North America. Field sketches like this one were engraved for readers who had no other view of the fighting.

Created / published[1863 ca. June 9]
Medium1 drawing on green paper : pencil ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm. (sheet).
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
NotesTitle inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-11. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.938) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SubjectsBrandy Station, Battle of, Brandy Station, Va., 1863. Military headquarters--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Brandy Station
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,638 × 3,757 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221599

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