[Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move] – Historic Reproduction
![[Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move], [1862] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/aed701dc49be-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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Step back in time with [Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move], a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Drawn in pencil and white on green paper, this sheet was made by the artist Alfred R. Waud and printed in *Harper's Weekly* on February 22, 1862, under a caption that gives the drawing its title, "Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move." That winter, the Union army's main force sat in camps around Washington, and its long delay before advancing was a source of public frustration in the North. Waud, who covered the war for *Harper's*, often drew the everyday routines of camp life, such as troop movements, cavalry, and supply, that readers at home rarely saw. The picture offers a quiet, skeptical look at that stalled army.
| Created / published | [1862] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on green paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 24.9 x 34.0 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title devised from Harpers caption. Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1862. Gift; J.P. Morgan; 1919; (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.163) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Troop movements--Union--1860-1870. Cavalry--Union--1860-1870. Military camps--Union--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies.United States |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218198 |
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