The Wilderness, on the Brock road, 2nd Corps--May 11th 1864 / E.F. – 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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Step back in time with The Wilderness, on the Brock road, 2nd Corps--May 11th 1864 / E.F., 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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The Wilderness, on the Brock road, 2nd Corps--May 11th 1864 / E.F.
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A pencil drawing dated May 11, 1864, names a specific place, the Brock road, and the Union 2nd Corps, which sets it apart from the broader battle views on this board. The Wilderness fighting in northern Virginia, from May 5 to 7, 1864, had ended in a bloody standoff, and Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac was then moving southeast toward Spotsylvania. The Brock road ran through the dense scrub of the Wilderness and had been a contested route during the battle. The drawing's inscription and initials suggest a soldier or observer recording a scene from the campaign on the spot, and its small, direct pencil work reflects the field sketches that circulated in the northern press.
| Created / published | 1864 May 11. |
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| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.210) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864. Military personnel--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,686 × 3,733 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219607 |
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