Confederates advancing to the capture of disabled guns. Gaines Mills – Historic Reproduction
![Confederates advancing to the capture of disabled guns. Gaines Mills, [1862 June 27] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/86/867208aaa87a-L.webp)
(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 Confederates advancing to the capture of disabled guns. Gaines Mills in remarkable 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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Confederates advancing to the capture of disabled guns. Gaines Mills
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Few battlefield images from the Civil War were drawn on the spot, and this pencil and Chinese white sketch on olive paper, dated June 27, 1862, shows the Battle of Gaines' Mill in Virginia as an artist saw it while the fighting was still unfolding. The title points to the moment of greatest tension: Confederate troops moving forward to seize Union artillery pieces that had been disabled and left behind. The battle was part of the Seven Days' Campaign, a series of engagements near Richmond in which Robert E. Lee's army pressed McClellan's Union forces back from the capital. The small olive-toned sheet, with its soft white highlights, gives a quick, field-sketch sense of the chaos around the guns and the horses that pulled them.
| Created / published | [1862 June 27] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 15.7 x 21.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Gaines' Mill, Battle of, Va, 1862. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. Horses--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties.United States--Virginia--Gaines' Mill |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,198 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128469 |
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