Destruction of Water Ta[nk]s & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station – Antique Print
![Destruction of Water Ta[nk]s & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station, 1864 December 8. — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/52/524db67b0c58-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Destruction of Water Ta[nk]s & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Destruction of Water Ta[nk]s & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station
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At Jarrett's Station in southern Virginia, a night scene shows water tanks and engine houses burning under a moon above pine woods. The drawing, made in pencil and Chinese white on brown paper, is dated December 8, 1864, and its inscriptions note that the tanks would not burn until they were pulled apart and were not fully destroyed until the next morning. The station lay along the Weldon Railroad, a vital supply line for Confederate forces around Petersburg, and Union cavalry under James H. Wilson targeted such sites to disrupt rail traffic. The sketch was published in Harper's Weekly at the end of that month, and it was possibly made by A.W. Warren.
| Created / published | 1864 December 8. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 9.6 x 24.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: In the rear were large wells some 20 ft in diameter. This is where Wilson crossed last June on his return from his raid. He destroyed the buildings some / 3 in number but only the Water Tanks having been rebuilt. Time 11 p.m.-Thursday 8th Dec. 64. The tanks would not burn till they were pulled to pieces & were not destroyed till the next morning. Jarrets Station / ARW. Inscribed above image: moon, sky, and Pine woods. Inscribed upper right: 75. Possibly by A.W. Warren. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 31, 1864, p. 837. Credited to A.W. Warren. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.306) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Wilson, James Harrison,--1837-1925--Military service. Weldon Railroad--1860-1870. Railroad facilities--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. Fires--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Jarret's Station |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 597 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110807 |
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