Washing day--Column on the march – Antique Print
(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 Washing day--Column on the march in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Washing day--Column on the march
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This pencil sketch, dated May 5, 1864, shows a column on the march along the road toward the North Anna River, a Virginia waterway that would become a battleground later that month. The date falls at the start of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, when the Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan River and pushed south into Virginia, beginning weeks of nearly continuous marching and fighting. The title, "Washing day," points to the ordinary chores soldiers managed even on the move, such as laundering shirts during a halt. Drawings made in the field like this one give a direct record of daily army life that official reports rarely captured.
| Created / published | 1864 May 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.219) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection." |
| Subjects | On the road to the North Anna River"--on mat. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,662 × 3,743 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219605 |
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