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A stormy march--(Artillery)--Spotsylvania Court House – Historic Print

A stormy march--(Artillery)--Spotsylvania Court House, 1864 May 12. — historic drawing
A stormy march--(Artillery)--Spotsylvania Court House, 1864 May 12.. Historic drawing from the Courthouses 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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A window into the past: A stormy march--(Artillery)--Spotsylvania Court House, preserved in this historic drawing. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Titled *A stormy march*, this pencil drawing shows artillery struggling through bad weather on the way to Spotsylvania Court House, and it is dated May 12, 1864. That day fell in the heart of the fighting around the courthouse during the Overland Campaign, when Union and Confederate troops clashed at the Bloody Angle while rain turned the roads to mud that slowed guns and wagons. The sketch belongs to a Civil War drawing collection given to the Library of Congress in 1919, and the phrase "A hard pull," noted on its mat, hints at how grueling such marches were for horses and crews.

Created / published1864 May 12.
Medium1 drawing : pencil.
Genre1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.225) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection."
SubjectsA hard pull"--on mat. Gift
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,725 × 3,787 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219598

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