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Schenks Ohio Regiments near Vienna, Virginia

Schenks Ohio Corps near Vienna, in a valley through which runs the railroad, on which the skirmish took place, a beautiful and romantic spot, but hardly a safe position against surprise, in the foreground is a scouting party in search of secessionists a great deal of this part of Virginia seems to be good farming land a great deal of wheat and other cereals being grown . . . Waud.Title: Schenks Ohio regiments
Creator(s): Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
Date Created/Published: 1861 June 17.
Medium: 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 10.1 x 37.7 cm. (sheet)
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-21444 (digital file from original item, recto) LC-DIG-ppmsca-21445 (digital file from original item, verso) LC-USC4-5100 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-7000 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Call Number: DRWG/US – Waud, no. 526 (A size) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes:
…..Signed lower left: A.R. Waud.
…..Title inscribed lower right.
…..Inscribed on verso: The Ohio Corps near Vienna, in a valley through which runs the railroad, on which the skirmish took place, a beautiful and romantic spot, but hardly a safe position against surprise, in the foreground is a scouting party in search of secessionists a great deal of this part of Virginia seems to be good farming land a great deal of wheat and other cereals being grown . . . Waud.
…..Gift; J.P. Morgan; 1919; (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.526).
…..Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
…..Published in: New York illustrated news, July 13, 1861, p. 157.

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