American Civil War,Battle of Cold Harbor,Virginia,Troop Movements,Soldiers,Waud
Title: Fight on Wednesday June 1st between Smiths Corps & the Rebs near Mechanicsville Cold Harbor
Creator(s): Waud, William, d. 1878, artist
Date Created/Published: [1864 June 1]
Summary: Sketchy image of battle with descriptive text and indicators.
Notes:
Title inscribed above image.
Inscribed next to title: See Herald & Times Ac[coun]t. Inscribed above image: artillery ours; In the rear of the enemy's line of battle - the Chickahominy; Swell in the ground; 2nd crest beyond this the enemy's rifle pits; smoke from firing & woods on fire; second crest; Extend it to page [?] on this side. Inscribed within image: valley; rising ground; Hollow; Prisoners being brought in; wounded men hobbling being assisted off the ground; no stretchers here; stretcher men going to the Hospital; no fence; plenty of dust. Inscribed below image: going at the trot; wounded men going this way; artillery in the other direction; Road along which artillery & cavalry are continually passing mixed up with an occasional wounded man.
Inscribed on verso: Been marching two days & nights, having no horse, arrived just in time for this fight WW.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2).
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Subjects:
Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864.
Troop movements--1860-1870.
Soldiers--1860-1870.
Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners.
United States--Virginia--Cold Harbor
Drawings--American--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2004661270/
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