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ITEM — Box: 2 Identifier: MS Am 1585, (5)

"Scene on the Tennessee River - Confederate Sharpshooters stampeding Federal waggons." [Tennessee, ca. 1863 Sep. 18]., 1863

Dates

  • Creation: 1863

Language of Materials

Collection in English.

Physical Description

1 drawing :

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

2.5 linear feet (32 items in 6 portfolio boxes)

Physical Location

pf

Physical Facet

pencil and Chinese white on paper ;

Dimensions

25 x 36 cm.

General note

AMs inscription on verso.

Unsigned.

Subject: Shows scene in foreground of men firing on wagon train and at mid-distance and one man standing on rocks waving hat. In far distance are mountains.

Engraved in ILN, 1863 Dec. 5; and Harper's Weekly , 1864 Jan. 8. Re-engraved Harper's Weekly, 1864. Jan. 9.

Repository Details

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