Horse drawn artillery – Historic Print
![Horse drawn artillery, [between 1862 and 1864] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/69/692e4a0b37e3-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 Horse drawn artillery. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Horse drawn artillery
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Dated between 1862 and 1864, this drawing shows horse-drawn artillery, the fast field guns that were central to many Civil War battles. In horse artillery, each gun and its caisson were pulled by teams of horses, so the crews could keep pace with cavalry and reach a fight quickly. Both Union and Confederate armies fielded these batteries, and their ability to reposition rapidly could decide the outcome of an engagement. The drawing is part of a wartime group that J.P. Morgan gave to the Library of Congress in 1919.
| Created / published | [between 1862 and 1864] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.251) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Horse artillery--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 959 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111737 |
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