Massanutten Mountain, near Strasburg, Va., looking S.W. / EF. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Massanutten Mountain, near Strasburg, Va., looking S.W. / EF.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Massanutten Mountain, near Strasburg, Va., looking S.W. / EF.
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Massanutten Mountain, the long ridge that rises beside Strasburg in the Shenandoah Valley, appears here as seen looking southwest and east. The pencil sketch is dated July 4, 1862, roughly two years before the fighting that made the ridge famous. The record notes that a Confederate signal station once stood on this mountain, and that a Union signal officer serving under Gen. Philip Sheridan intercepted a dispatch there that warned of Jubal Early's plans. That warning was tied to the Battle of Cedar Creek in October 1864.
| Created / published | 1862 July 4. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | J.P. Morgan |
| Notes | This is the mountain on which the celebrated Confederate signal station was posted and from which Genl. Sheridan's signal officer intercepted a dispatch which gave warning of Early's designs |
| Subjects | carried out at the Battle of Cedar Creek"--on mount. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,134 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218945 |
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