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Drawings & Sketches

79,297 works

Pencil and chalk sketch of soldiers and burned railway cars and workshops beside a brick chimney, 1865.

Bridge on the Appomattox-Train of Cars and workshops burned by the rebels on evacuating Petersburg

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of a blacksmith tending a horse beside a wagon and tool crates under a canvas shelter.

Blacksmith 1st Mass. Arty. Harrisons

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a military blacksmith department camp with horses, wagons, tents and soldiers beside a long shed.

Blacksmiths department Hd. qts. Army of the Potomac

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a wooden truss bridge over a river with a tree in the foreground, labeled Bridge on Potomac Virginia side.

Bridge over Potomac Virginia side

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a log blockhouse with soldiers and tents near Bull Run, with handwritten labels.

Blockhouse, O and A.R.R., nr. Bull Run

Alfred Waud, 1861

Bust-length profile portrait of a man wearing glasses

Alfred Waud, 1860

Bust-length profile portrait

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and a distant blue ridge with shrubs in the foreground, labeled Blue Ridge near Charlottesburg

Blue ridge nr. Charlotteburg

Alfred Waud, 1861

Bust portraits of eight men

Alfred Waud, 1860

Bust portraits of four men including Colonel Hill of the Athens, Georgia Banner

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of steamboats labeled Cohasset and Whitehead, with a smaller paddlewheel vessel sketch at left.

Broadside views of the Whitehead, Cohasset, and Young America

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship with smoke and small boats on water near a shoreline, labeled Roanoke, Monticello, Thos. Wats

Burning of the Ship Thos. Watson by the boats of the Roanoke & Monticello off Charleston Oct. 16, 1861

Alfred Waud, 1861

Graphite sketch of cavalry crossing a pontoon bridge over a calm river, with trees and a soft sky.

Cavalry riding across a pontoon bridge

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of two soldiers running while carrying powder sacks past earthworks and smoke under fire.

Carrying the powder down the covered way to the mine under fire

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil cartoon of Uncle Sam and officers before a War Department playbill reading onward to Richmond, by Alfred Waud, 1861.

Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a playbill which reads- Every day this week onward to…

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of a captured steamer with a tall smokestack and paddle wheels, labeled as a picket boat on the St. Johns River

Captured steamer used as a picket boat St. Johns River

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of Catletts Station with a steam locomotive, wooden buildings, soldiers, and scattered wagon wheels on brown pa

Catletts Station where Stuart made a raid and captured Popes baggage

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship and a steamship on hazy water, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Capture of a blockade runner

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of two men beside a saddled horse, with tents and trees in a camp scene, dated 1862.

Camp of Signal corps nr. Yorktown

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of cavalry charging over earthworks, with sabres raised, fallen horses in the foreground, and smoke over the fi

Charge of the 6th Michigan cavalry over the rebel earthworks nr. Falling Waters

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a soldier beside a cannon and horses among bare trees, with a military camp in the background.

Captain Ricketts Battery

Alfred Waud, 1862

Sketch of Union warships firing at Cape Hatteras while troops wade ashore through the surf in rowboats.

Capture of the Forts at Cape Hatteras inlet-First day, fleet opening fire and troops landing in the surf

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a kepi cap and military-style uniform, leaning with his hand at his chin.

Captain Craig of Flints staff

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a military camp with wagons, tents, and soldiers beneath a tall pine tree.

Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers around a cannon with horses and trees behind, inscribed Captain Varians battery near Fairfax, 1861.

Captain Varians battery N.Y. 8th S.M. having their first shot at the enemy near Fairfax

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of Union soldiers firing rifles beside a flag during an assault on Rappahannock fortifications, 1863.

Capture of the fortifications on the Rappahannock at the Railway Bridge-by the right wing commanded by Genl. Sedgwick

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a railroad line, a tall pine, farm buildings with chimneys, and a wooden fence under distant trees.

Cedar Level U.S.M.R.R., Nr Petersburg

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a casemated fort with cannons on carriages, earthen embankments and a distant horizon, by Alfred Waud.

Casemented fort in front of Petersburg

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers watching a brass band play near an American flag, with barrels and a tree trunk in the scene.

Celebration of the battle of Bunker hill, near the camp of the 5th Mass. regiment in Virginia by the Charlestown comp…

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of uniformed cadets standing in ranks near a carriage and building, with a handwritten caption.

Cadets reporting their sections

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of artillery crew working a cannon with massed infantry and smoke in a wooded battlefield.

Cedar Creek, Virginia

Alfred Waud, 1864

Capt. Bernard Bewaid. Capt. Davis. Lieut. (Wharton?) sig Officer

Alfred Waud, 1860