Lost horsemen. In search of a road – Historic Reproduction
![Lost horsemen. In search of a road, [1862 ca. November] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/86/86a537d33c58-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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Lost horsemen. In search of a road comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lost horsemen. In search of a road
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The title, *Lost Horsemen. In Search of a Road*, sets this small sketch apart from the many Civil War scenes of battle and camp: it shows Union riders who have lost their way. The drawing, in pencil heightened with Chinese white on brown paper, dates to about November 1862, when Union cavalry in Virginia and Maryland spent long days scouting unfamiliar country with poor maps and few landmarks. Artists working for illustrated weeklies often made quick field studies like this one, which engravers later turned into pictures for readers at home who followed the war through images.
| Created / published | [1862 ca. November] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 10.2 x 9.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Military officers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.United States |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,387 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112742 |
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