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Soldier's hut in winter--Borrowing a chimney – Vintage Print

Soldier's hut in winter--Borrowing a chimney, 1864 Jan. 13. — historic drawing
Soldier's hut in winter--Borrowing a chimney, 1864 Jan. 13.. Historic drawing from the Home & Household 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 Soldier's hut in winter--Borrowing a chimney, 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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Titled "Borrowing a chimney," this pencil drawing shows a makeshift winter scene at Rappahannock Station in Virginia, dated January 13, 1864. Union troops camped along the Rappahannock through the cold months of 1863 and 1864, and many built small log huts with stick-and-mud chimneys, so the title hints at the improvising needed to stay warm. Artists who followed the army often sent sketches like this to illustrated newspapers, giving readers at home a glimpse of camp life. The drawing came to the Library of Congress as a gift and preserves a domestic side of the war that battle scenes rarely show.

Created / published1864 Jan. 13.
Medium1 drawing : pencil.
Genre1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.143) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection."
SubjectsRappahannock Station"--on item. Gift
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,460 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218144

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