Beef for the army--on the march / EF. – Vintage 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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Beef for the army--on the march / EF.
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This pencil sketch shows a drove of cattle moving with the Union army near Rappahannock Station, Virginia, in early February 1864. The initials "EF" in the record point to Edwin Forbes, a Union artist who followed the Army of the Potomac and made quick field studies of camp, march and supply. Beef on the hoof was a key part of the army's rations, and herds like this one had to keep pace with the marching columns, so the drawing records a side of the war that battle scenes rarely show.
| Created / published | 1864 Feb. 4. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | J.P. Morgan |
| Notes | Rappahannock Station |
| Subjects | Va."--on mount. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,461 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218124 |
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