St. Patrick's Day in the army--The mule race / EF. – Vintage Print
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(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 St. Patrick's Day in the army--The mule race / EF., a historic drawing rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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St. Patrick's Day in the army--The mule race / EF.
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Thomas Francis Meagher, the Irish-born general who led the Irish Brigade in the Union army, is the figure singled out in this pencil drawing of a St. Patrick's Day mule race held in camp on March 17, 1863. Irish soldiers marked the feast day with games, music and drink wherever their units were stationed, and Meagher's brigade was then encamped in Virginia after heavy losses at Fredericksburg the previous December. The sketch is a light, comic record of camp life, and the race shows that Irish units still kept the holiday in the middle of the war.
| Created / published | [1863] Mar. 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | J.P. Morgan |
| Subjects | Genl. Meagher--The mule race"--on mat. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,485 × 1,202 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218156 |
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