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Drawings & Sketches

79,475 works

Pencil sketch of a bust-length soldier in a cap and buttoned coat, drawn on tan paper.

Bust-length portrait of a soldier

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers building a log bridge beside a wagon, and men tending a smoldering charcoal fire in woods.

Building military bridges. Making charcoal for the army force

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch on green paper of a palisade pen with soldiers, a mounted rider, tents and trees, captioned Bull Pen.

Bull Pen - Hd. qtrs A of P.

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers building a pontoon bridge across a river toward a smoky town with buildings and bare trees.

Building pontoon bridges at Fredericksburg Dec. 11th

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined road over a bridge with two mounted riders and a standing soldier, on tan paper.

Bridge through the Chickahominy Swamp

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil and chalk sketch of a shallow ford beside a wooden mill, with bare trees, rolling hills and small figures on the shore

Blind Ford & Scotts Mill

Alfred Waud, 1863

Soldiers firing rifles amid smoke near a wooden building, with a kneeling soldier and a fallen figure in the foreground.

Bloody fight at Occoquan, Va.

Alfred Waud, 1862

Night drawing of burning houses and barns with smoke, with soldiers at a stone wall and mounted officers in the foreground.

Burning of Mr. Muma's (sic) houses and barns at the fight of the 17th of Sept.

Alfred Waud, 1862

Bust Portrait of soldier with German-style helmet

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a military tent with a flag on a tall pole, a standing soldier, and trees in an open field.

Blenkers Tent

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of a wooden trestle bridge over a river with wooded hills, annotated as the Monocacy battle site, 1864.

Bridge over Monocacy, Scene of Lew Wallace battle with Early, 1864

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch on green paper of Brandy Station, showing a two-story house, outbuildings, a flagpole, and a distant hill.

Brandy Station

Alfred Waud, 1863

Broadside and bow views of eight ships and boats, and an unidentified profile bust portrait

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil bust portrait of a bearded officer in uniform with shoulder insignia, turned to the side.

Bust portrait of an officer

Alfred Waud, 1860

Broadside views of three ships- Kanawha; Blockade runner Joe Flanner, captured by Pembina 1863 off Mobile; and Elias…

Alfred Waud, 1863

Broadside views of three sidewheel steamships - U.S. Transport Ericcson, U.S. Transport Mayflower, and U.S. Transport…

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three paddle steamships in side view, with handwritten notes identifying the vessels.

Broadside views of three steamships

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of two banks flanking a narrow canal, labeled Butlers Canal, Dutch Gap, by Alfred Waud, 1864.

Butlers Canal, Dutch Gap

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of horse-drawn artillery guns moving into position past a fence, with soldiers and mounted officers.

Butlers battery going into position

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of Birneys Station railway with a wagon, horses, figures, a water tower and telegraph poles, 1864.

Birneys Station. U.S.M.R.R. Petersburg Va.

Alfred Waud, 1864

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