The army of General Fremont crossing the north fork of the Shenandoah at Mt. Jackson--Pursuit of Stonewall Jackson – 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 The army of General Fremont crossing the north fork of the Shenandoah at Mt. Jackson--Pursuit of Stonewall Jackson, 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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The army of General Fremont crossing the north fork of the Shenandoah at Mt. Jackson--Pursuit of Stonewall Jackson
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Few pictures in this set show a river crossing as plainly as this pencil drawing, which records Gen. John C. Frémont's army fording and bridging the north fork of the Shenandoah River at Mount Jackson, Virginia, on June 5, 1862. The town sits in the valley that Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was then retreating up, and Frémont's troops were pursuing him. The drawing's emphasis on pontoon bridges points to a practical problem of the campaign: a river that had to be crossed quickly under fire or in the face of destroyed spans. Works like this one were often made by artists traveling with armies, and they remain useful for seeing how such operations looked on the ground.
| Created / published | 1862 June 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.31) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Fr mont, John Charles,--1813-1890--Military service. Military personnel--Union--1860-1870. Pontoon bridges--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Mount Jackson (Town) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,448 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218942 |
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