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Pencil sketch of two mounted officers exchanging a message, with other riders behind them and handwritten caption below.

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The Count of Paris carrying orders to Gen. Fitz John Porter during the Battle of Gaines Mill, Alfred Waud, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil sketch on brown paper shows two mounted officers on horseback, one reaching toward the other, with additional riders and horses in the background under a loosely drawn sky. Handwritten notes at the top and bottom identify the scene as the Count of Paris carrying orders to Gen. Fitz John Porter during the Battle of Gaines Mill, drawn by Alfred Waud.

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