Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Battle on the Chickahominy.

June 27, 2012

Library of Congress

June 27, 1862, Battle on the Chickahominy

From Library of Congress:

Title: Battle of Friday on the Chickahominy

  • Signed lower right: A.R. Waud.
  • Title inscribed upper left.
  • Inscribed above image: Porter, McCall, Slocum, Sykes, and Sumner attacked by a superior force of the rebels under Jackson and Lee.
  • Published in: Harper’s Weekly, July 26, 1862, p. 468.
  • Date Created/Published: [1862 June 27]
  • Medium: 1 drawing on light brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 25.9 x 36.3 cm. (sheet).
  • Part of Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
  • Record page for this image: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004661190/

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