Easton's Battery

Easton's Battery

1861

Recto: "rebel cavalry retiring to draw on the union troops -- up the road // six cannons with caissons and horses // Dense woods / Rebel infantry // Easton's Battery on the high hill in the foreground to prevent the Enemy's Battery attacking our infantry in the advance -- and crossing the road which way the enemy expected to the union troops to assend [sic] // road // Dense Woods // Dense Woods // clearing // 6th Regt. Col. Ricketts // Thorntons House."

Verso: "Alabama [illegible] S Carolina."

Vertical fold mark in center; fold marks in corners.

graphite and gouache on toned paper

20 x 7.0 in.

Drawings--American--1860-1870

Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870

37.4315734, -78.6568942

Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-61-1 (Box 10).

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4932

(Becker)CW-UK-VA-61-1