Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river – Historic Reproduction
![Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river, [1863 September 14] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/5945725ea4ee-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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This rare historic drawing captures Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river
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Scouting the Rapidan crossing at Raccoon Ford in Virginia, this pencil and Chinese white drawing on brown paper is dated September 14, 1863. By then the Army of the Potomac had withdrawn from Gettysburg, and the Rapidan marked the line between the two armies. John Buford, whose cavalry had held the ridge west of Gettysburg on the first day of that battle, was among the officers probing the river crossings. The sheet is a quick field record rather than a finished artwork, and its white highlights on the brown paper pick out the troopers and artillery moving through the countryside.
| Created / published | [1863 September 14] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 18.4 x 25.7 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Buford, John,--1826-1863--Military service. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Troop movements--Union--1860-1870. Cavalry--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Raccoon FordUnited States--Virginia--Rapidan River |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,154 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216507 |
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