Shenandoah Valley, Sept. 1864 – 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 Shenandoah Valley, Sept. 1864, a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Shenandoah Valley, Sept. 1864
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Few drawings from the Civil War were made on olive-tinted paper, and this small sheet, roughly the size of a postcard, shows the Shenandoah Valley in September 1864 through soldiers on the move. The record lists it as a pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash drawing, a technique that let an artist capture troop movements quickly in the field. September 1864 was a turning point in the Valley, when Union forces under Philip Sheridan pushed Confederate troops southward and laid waste to farms and mills along the way. Sketches like this one, made close to the action, remain among the most direct records of how the campaign looked to those who fought in it.
| Created / published | 1864 September. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 12.4 x 17.6 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Soldiers--1860-1870. Troop movements--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Virginia--Shenandoah Valley |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,300 × 2,364 px · prints to 11 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224048 |
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