Previous to Antietam. Rebels crossing the Potomac. Union scouts in foreground – Antique Wall Art
![Previous to Antietam. Rebels crossing the Potomac. Union scouts in foreground, [1862 September] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/653facc54c52-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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Previous to Antietam. Rebels crossing the Potomac. Union scouts in foreground. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Few pictures from the Civil War were made on olive-tinted paper, and this drawing's sepia-green ground gives it a muted, field-sketch quality. It shows Confederate cavalry crossing the Potomac in September 1862, with Union scouts watching from the foreground, a scene the title places just before the Battle of Antietam. The subjects also name Stonewall Jackson, whose troops were moving through the region in those weeks as Robert E. Lee took his army north into Maryland. Lee's army crossed the river into Maryland that month, and the battle that followed at Sharpsburg on September 17 became the bloodiest single day of the war.
| Created / published | [1862 September] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 23.9 x 31.0 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Jackson, Stonewall,--1824-1863--Military service. Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Military scouts--1860-1870. Troop movements--1860-1870. Guards--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. Cavalry--Confederate--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Potomac RiverUnited States--Maryland--Antietam |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,448 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217154 |
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