Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864 – Vintage Print
![Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864, 1864 [May 3-4] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c0/c06f0e3ab41d-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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This rare historic drawing captures Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864
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Grant is shown writing the telegram that reported the army had crossed the Rapidan, with Ely Parker, the Seneca officer who served as Grant's military secretary, also present. The crossing in early May 1864 opened the Overland Campaign and led straight into the fighting in the Wilderness, a dense tangle of scrub and forest where the armies clashed. Drawn quickly in pencil on a small cream sheet, the sketch conveys the immediacy of field headquarters during those days.
| Created / published | 1864 [May 3-4] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on cream paper : pencil ; 12.4 x 17.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Military service. Parker, Ely Samuel,--1828-1895--Military service. Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. Telegrams--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Communications.United States--Virginia--Rapidan River |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,623 × 3,748 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219622 |
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