[Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee's army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station on Poney Mountain] / E.F. – Historic Reproduction
![[Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee's army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station on Poney Mountain] / E.F., [1863 or 1864] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/42/42bf3b45118c-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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[Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee's army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station on Poney Mountain] / E.F. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee's army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station on Poney Mountain] / E.F.
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From a mountaintop station on Poney Mountain in Virginia, Union signal officers watched the camps of Gen. Robert E. Lee's army on the far side of the Rapidan River. Signal stations like this one were part of the Union army's communications network, where observers used telescopes and flag signals to pass word of enemy movements from peak to peak. The drawing is dated only to 1863 or 1864, a period when the two armies often faced each other across the Rapidan for weeks at a time. Its pencil lines show the wide, open country that officers on both sides had to read closely.
| Created / published | [1863 or 1864] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.128) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection." |
| Subjects | View from the top of signal station on Poney Mountain--Officers watching the camps of Genl. Lee's army on the opposite of the Rapidan River"--on mat. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,735 × 3,792 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219611 |
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