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[Cavalry charge near Culpeper Court House, Va.] / E.F. – Historic Print

[Cavalry charge near Culpeper Court House, Va.] / E.F., [18]64 Sept. 14. — historic drawing
[Cavalry charge near Culpeper Court House, Va.] / E.F., [18]64 Sept. 14.. Historic drawing from the Courthouses collection.

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Drawn in pencil, this sketch shows mounted troops in the middle of a charge near Culpeper Court House, the Virginia county seat that changed hands many times during the war. The catalog dates it to September 14, 1864, but the brackets around the year and date show that the cataloguers supplied them rather than the artist. Mounted units were a common sight in the rolling country around Culpeper, where open fields and roads made fast cavalry movements possible. The drawing bears the initials E.F., and J.P. Morgan gave it to the Library of Congress in 1919 as part of a larger Civil War drawing collection.

Created / published[18]64 Sept. 14.
Medium1 drawing : pencil.
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
NotesGift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.153) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SubjectsCavalry--1860-1870. Campaigns & battles--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Culpeper
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,067 × 4,852 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225743

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