The pursuit of Gen. Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm / E.F. – Antique Wall Art
![The pursuit of Gen. Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm / E.F., [1863 July 10] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/91/91ebfe4b8baf-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 pursuit of Gen. Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm / E.F. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The pursuit of Gen. Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm / E.F.
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Rain turns the road into the main obstacle in this July 1863 pencil drawing, which shows 30-pounder guns being hauled toward the front during the pursuit of Robert E. Lee's army. After the Union victory at Gettysburg, Lee withdrew southward toward the Potomac, and George Meade's army followed slowly, with heavy artillery and supply wagons struggling through mud and downpours. The artist signed only with the initials "E.F.," and the sketch records the hard logistics of the chase rather than a battle itself. Field drawings like this were often reworked for illustrated newspapers, which gave northern readers a sense of the campaign's hardships.
| Created / published | [1863 July 10] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.85) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Gettysburg Campaign, 1863. Artillery (Weaponry)--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,075 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113080 |
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