Ball of 2nd Corps--Washington's birthday – Vintage 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 Ball of 2nd Corps--Washington's birthday, a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ball of 2nd Corps--Washington's birthday
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This pencil drawing records a ball held by the 2nd Corps on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1864, a social event set apart from the usual scenes of camp life. The corps, commanded by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, was then encamped near Brandy Station in Virginia, where the Army of the Potomac spent the winter months after the Mine Run campaign. Dances and gatherings like this one gave officers and men a brief break from drill and picket duty, and marking Washington's birthday tied the evening to the nation's past. The drawing shows how the event was recorded at the time, in a quick, portable medium suited to camp.
| Created / published | 1864 Feb. 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | J.P. Morgan |
| Notes | Camp near Brandy Station |
| Subjects | Va. (Genl. Hancock)"--on mount. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 997 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113078 |
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