Papers in camp--Campmen--Rappahannock Station – 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 Papers in camp--Campmen--Rappahannock Station, a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Papers in camp--Campmen--Rappahannock Station
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Men in camp gather around newspapers from Washington in this pencil drawing of Rappahannock Station, Virginia, dated September 18, 1863. Mail and news were precious to soldiers in the field, and a fresh bundle of papers from the capital could draw a crowd eager for word of the war and of home. Rappahannock Station lay on the river where the Union Army of the Potomac and Confederate forces faced each other across the water for much of 1863. The sheet belongs to the Library of Congress's Civil War drawing collection and preserves a quieter side of camp life between the battles.
| Created / published | 1863 Sept. 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.180) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection." |
| Subjects | Newspapers from Washington"--on mount. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,461 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218127 |
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