Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock – Antique Wall Art
![Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock, [1863 April] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/312bdf0d7416-L.webp)
(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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Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock
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Drawn in pencil and Chinese white on olive-toned paper, this sheet shows Brigadier General David Allen Russell's brigade of the 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, crossing the Rappahannock River on pontoon boats to attack Confederate rifle pits on the far bank. The record dates it to April 1863, weeks before the Battle of Chancellorsville, when the Union army was maneuvering along this river near Fredericksburg. The field sketch captures the cramped, improvised nature of a pontoon crossing under threat of fire, and its use of opaque white highlights on a dark ground gives the water and boats a stark, quick immediacy.
| Created / published | [1863 April] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 22.1 x 34.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Russell, David Allen--Military service. Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. Troop movements--Union--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Rappahannock River |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,466 × 1,179 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218638 |
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