The battle of Gainesville, Va. / E.F. – Historic 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 The battle of Gainesville, Va. / E.F. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The battle of Gainesville, Va. / E.F.
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This pencil drawing shows the Virginia town of Gainesville, where Confederate and Union forces clashed on August 28, 1862, during the Second Manassas campaign. The fighting there was part of a broader contest for control of the rail lines through northern Virginia, and Gainesville sat along the route Stonewall Jackson's troops used to strike at the Union army's flank. The record credits the artist only with the initials "E.F.," so the drawing's maker remains unidentified. It was later given to the Library of Congress by J.P. Morgan in 1919 as part of a larger Civil War drawing collection.
| Created / published | 1862 Aug. 28. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.37) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Campaigns & battles--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,278 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113790 |
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