Gen. Rawlin's horse taken at Cold Harbor, Va. – 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 Gen. Rawlin's horse taken at Cold Harbor, Va., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gen. Rawlin's horse taken at Cold Harbor, Va.
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Few Civil War photographs tie a single animal so directly to a named officer. This one is titled "Gen. Rawlin's horse taken at Cold Harbor, Va.," and the record links it to John A. Rawlins, Ulysses S. Grant's chief of staff and close adviser during the Overland Campaign. The fighting at Cold Harbor in early June 1864 included Grant's failed assaults of June 1 to 3, which produced some of the war's heaviest losses, and this print is dated June 14, after the battle had ended. The subjects also include African American workers in the area, a reminder of the many Black laborers and teamsters who worked behind Union lines.
| Created / published | 1864 June 14, printed later. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 2431. Civil War Photographs collection. |
| Subjects | Rawlins, John A. (John Aaron),--1831-1869--Associated objects. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Animals. African Americans--Employment--Virginia--Cold Harbor--1860-1870. Horses--Virginia--Cold Harbor--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,243 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-206895 |
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