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The 71st reg. N.Y. at Alexandria

The 71st reg. N.Y. at Alexandria, late May 1861, sketch by Alfred R Waud
Title: The 71st reg. N.Y. at Alexandria
Creator(s): Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
Date Created/Published: [1861 May 24-31]
Medium: 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 20.3 x 16.1 cm. (sheet).
Summary: Soldiers resting in front of buildings.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-21025 (digital file from original item) LC-USZC4-5171 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-14343 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Call Number: DRWG/US – Waud, no. 179 (A size) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes:
…..Signed above title lower left: AR Waud.
…..Title inscribed below image.
…..Inscribed below image: This regt. went over today without camp equipage. The 71st N.Y. wore Cardigan jackets gray in color.
…..Published in: New York Illustrated News, June 15, 1861.
…..Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.179)
…..Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 5.
…..Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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Mike’s notes:

Note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
– fade correction,
– color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
– selected spot and/or scratch removal
– cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject

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