Previous to Antietam. Rebels crossing the Potomac. Union scouts in foreground

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Pencil Drawing

Title - caption or label given by the creator

Previous to Antietam. Rebels crossing the Potomac. Union scouts in foreground

Creator - photographer or artist

Waud, Alfred R. 1828-1891, artist

Date Created

September 1862

Abstract - summary of image contents

Waud's depiction of Union scouts watching Confederate soldiers crossing the Potomac River

Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.

Landscape

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Potomac River

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Pencil Drawing

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This item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States because copyright has expired, but we have not determined its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. You are responsible for your own use.

Source - owner or repository of original or digital image

Library of Congress

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the image

- Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud.
- Title inscribed below image.
- References: Ray, plate 30.
- Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919
- Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1862.
- Reference print available in Ray, Plate 30 (p. 107)
- Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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