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Drawings & Sketches

79,224 works

Pencil sketch on green paper of signal apparatus parts with handwritten labels, including a cylinder, a mechanism, and a rod.

Signal apparatus

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch on green paper of scattered mechanical parts, pliers, a sphere and a strap, with handwritten labels.

Signal apparatus

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse with a signal tower and figures on the roof, with boats and reeds in the foreground.

Signal tower on roof of house

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers loading a cannon carriage onto a steamboat at a wharf, with smokestack and pilot house.

Shipping a battery at Alexandria

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a long coat beside a cannon with a large wheel, drawn on green paper.

Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers firing and advancing among trees in a wilderness skirmish, signed by Alfred Waud.

Skirmish in the Wilderness. Bucktails. 5 Corps point. '64

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketches on green paper showing a seated man in a room with a chair, door frame, and furniture studies.

Sketches of two officers

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers and civilians in a log-walled interior with barrels, saddles, and a wash tub.

Skedaddlers Hall, Harrisons Landing

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil and chalk drawing of soldiers skirmishing with rifles and swords in a smoky wooded clearing, with a fallen soldier.

Skirmish between the Brooklyn 14th and 300 Rebel Cavalry (sic)

Alfred Waud, 1862

Steamship with sidewheel and two masts

Alfred Waud, 1860

Steamship with three masts

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a three-masted steamship with rigging moored at a dock, with small figures and a sailboat in the distance.

Steamship with sidewheel and three masts at dock

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of troops charging in two lines across a field toward wooded hills, with mounted officers and fallen soldiers i

Stedmans charge at Snodgrass hill-Battle of Chickamauga

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a soldier in a rifle pit under a canopy, with grass and distant trees and a flagpole on the horizon.

Soldier standing in a rifle pit covered by a canopy

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of a farm with barns and a curving fence, with two men in hats in the foreground and rolling hills beyond.

Somerville

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a crouching figure among tall corn stalks and foliage in a field, with a tree at upper right.

Sniper shooting soldier from behind a corn stack

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers on horseback crossing a river near a damaged log bridge, with bare trees behind.

Soldiers on horseback crossing a river near a collapsed bridge

Alfred Waud, 1860

Steamship) Ft. Donelson

Alfred Waud, 1864

Steamship Dunbarton

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of street storefronts with shop signs including James E. Spear and Read & Cos, with small figures on the sidewa

Storefronts

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil drawing of soldiers in a tent camp at night under a crescent moon, with smoke rising and bare trees at right.

Soldiers in camp at night

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a two-deck paddlewheel steamboat with twin smokestacks, captioned as built by soldiers at Chattanooga in 186

Steamboat constructed by the Soldiers at Chattanooga, 1863

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of the paddle steamer Star of the West in side view, with masts, rigging and a large paddle wheel.

Star of the West LCCN2004660609

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of two soldiers firing from behind a rock on a grassy hillside.

Soldiers shooting from behind rock at Round Top

Alfred Waud, 1863

Spanish Steamer Velasco

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a steamship tilting in a storm, with crew on deck and a man overboard in the waves.

Steam ship in storm, man overboard

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of soldiers with rifles beside wheeled cannons under a large tree, on grey paper.

Soldier's dummies and quakers, left in the works at Harrison's landing

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a bakery interior with brick arches, barrels, and two men working near ovens.

Soft Bread for Sheridan's army

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a village street with a wooden house, bare trees, a horseback rider, a wagon, and a figure with a rifle.

Street in Falmouth, Va.

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of standing men in hats beside rows of prone figures and stacked rifles near a fence, Spotsylvania 1864.

Spotsylvania, Va-May 8-13-64

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a flag bearer leading soldiers in a charge across a smoky battlefield, with rifles and a fort in the distanc

Storming the line

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil drawing of the paddle steamer Louisiana on calm water, with two smokestacks, rigging and flags.

Steamer Louisiana now running between Baltimore & Fort Monroe

Alfred Waud, 1860