[The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia] – Historic Print
![[The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia], [1864 March 22] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/89/895062375f57-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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[The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia] 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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[The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia]
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Snowball fights were a common diversion in the winter camps around Dalton, Georgia, where the Confederate Army of Tennessee spent much of the cold season of 1863 and 1864. This drawing, dated March 22, 1864, shows officers and flags in the middle of a snowball battle, a reminder that soldiers waiting out a long winter still found room for play. Made with pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash on gray paper, it captures a lighter side of camp life that rarely appears in official records. Dalton soon became the staging point for the spring campaign toward Atlanta.
| Created / published | [1864 March 22] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on gray paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 23.1 x 30.9 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Military officers--Confederate--1860-1870. Military training--1860-1870. Flags--Confederate--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Confederate.United States--Georgia--Dalton |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 7,657 × 5,767 px · prints to 26 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 21383u [The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia] |
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