Front Royal Va.--The Union Army under Banks entering the town – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Front Royal Va.--The Union Army under Banks entering the town, preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Front Royal Va.--The Union Army under Banks entering the town
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This pencil drawing shows Union troops under Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks entering Front Royal, a small town at the junction of the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River in northern Virginia. Its record is dated May 20, 1862, during the Valley Campaign, when Banks's army was moving up the valley in pursuit of Stonewall Jackson's Confederate forces. Front Royal changed hands several times that spring, so the drawing captures a moment when the town's control was shifting. Because it is a sketch made in the field rather than a photograph, it shows the movement and bearing of the troops as the artist saw them.
| Created / published | 1862 May 20. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | J.P. Morgan |
| Notes | Front Royal |
| Subjects | Va. Occupied by the Union Army commanded by Genl. N.P. Banks"--on mount. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,452 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218939 |
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