Antietam: The Fight at Poffinberger's Farm

Antietam: The Fight at Poffinberger's Farm

Forest skirmish.

September 17, 1862

Recto: "The fight on Sumner's left at Poffinberger's Farm where the rebels covered themselves with every conceivable kind of shelter. The fight here was very sanguinary but of short duration as the rebels issued from the woods below in overwhelming force and turned the left flank, which was but a temporary advantage to them. The regiment in the foreground is Baxter's Fire Zouaves which occupied extreme left of Sedgwick's division. Battle of Antietam. Sept. 17, 1862."

Verso: No text.

Vertical and horizontal folds; dog ear at lower left; splash stains at right lower corner.

Graphite on wove paper

10 x 13 in.

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

39.416111, -77.7424999999999

Original drawing location: CW-FHS-MD-9/17/62a (Box 8.)

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4881

(Becker)CW-FHS-MD-9/17/62a