- Collection:
- Civil War
- Title:
- [Cannons, monument, and cabin at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]
- Creator:
- Waud, William, -1878
- Publisher:
- [1864 December - 1865 January]
- Date of Original:
- 1864-12
- Subject:
- Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Military service
Williams, Alpheus S. (Alpheus Starkey), 1810-1878--Military service
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894--Military service
Woods, William Burnam--Military service
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel
Geary, John White--Military service
Baird, Absalom--Military service - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Description:
- Caption label from exhibit "American Treasures Memory": General Sherman in Savannah. On December 23, 1864, the Union Army under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman occupied and captured Savannah. Artist William Waud captured Sherman reviewing his army in Savannah before moving on to his next campaigns in South Carolina and North Carolina. Like his brother Alfred, William was recognized as one of the great sketch artists of the Civil War period.
Signed: on verso: Will: Waud.
Title inscribed on verso.
Inscribed below title on verso: Among the mounted officers behind major General Sherman are Gen Williams, Logan, Slocum, Geary, Baird, Woods, Smith, & c.
Inscribed and partially erased on verso: If this is [ ] I think it would be well to make this a double page.
Inscribed above image: Bay Street; Customs House. Inscribed below image: put troops arms at shoulder instead of Right shoulder shift as in sketch.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 11, 1865, pp. 88-89. - Local Identifier:
- DRWG/US - Waud (W.), no. 20 (A size) [P&P]
2004661239
ppmsca 09919 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.09919
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09919 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-161 (b&w film copy neg.) - Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/2004661239/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 drawing on green paper : pencil ; 22.5 x 32.1 cm. (sheet).
- Original Collection:
- National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
