Winter camp near Stoneman's Switch, Falmouth, Va. / EF. – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Winter camp near Stoneman's Switch, Falmouth, Va. / EF., a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Winter camp near Stoneman's Switch, Falmouth, Va. / EF.
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Drawn at Stoneman's Switch near Falmouth, Virginia, and dated January 25, 1863, this pencil sketch shows a Union winter camp as the Army of the Potomac settled in on the Rappahannock after its defeat at Fredericksburg that December. Soldiers in such camps built log and plank huts, roofed them with canvas or boards, and chinked the gaps with mud, since they expected to stay for months. Pencil was a quick, portable medium for field sketches made from life, and the huts it records show how a temporary encampment could take on the feel of a village.
| Created / published | 1863 Jan. 25. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.49) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Huts--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union.United States--Virginia--Falmouth |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218149 |
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