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Drawings & Sketches

79,245 works

Pencil sketch of uniformed officers seated around a table in a room, with handwritten names annotated across the drawing.

The court martial of Major General Fitz-John Porter

Alfred Waud, 1862

The Pawnee

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of the paddle steamer U.S. Search in side view, with smokestack, masts and rigging, on tan paper.

The U.S. steamer Search

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil and white chalk sketch of soldiers and horses charging across a field toward trees under smoke.

The charge of the 8th Vermont at the Battle of Winchester

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of riders and horses at a hitching post under bare trees, with a columned building and pedestrians behind.

The hitching post, Va.

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of uniformed men drinking at a roofed well, with a handwritten caption reading thirsty men at a well.

Thirsty men at a well

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of the Nelson House at Yorktown with a flag, bare trees, and soldiers on a dirt road.

The Nelson House Yorktown used as a hospital by the rebels

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil drawing of sentries challenging a mounted rider by a campfire at night, with horses and pine trees under a moon.

The picket guard. "Who goes there?" "Friends." "Dismount one friend, advance and give the countersign"

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers moving through a wooded battlefield with bare trees, annotated with notes about the Antietam battle

The rebels covered by a ledge of rock repulsing the troops on the right- in the woods beyond the Dunker Church (sic)…

Alfred Waud, 1862

Charcoal sketch of Civil War soldiers with white truce flags tending wounded men before a white building and trees.

The rebel dodge to cover the retreat into Virginia. Flag of truce to look after the wounded

Alfred Waud, 1862

Graphite and chalk sketch of soldiers fighting amid smoke and rocks at Devil's Den, Gettysburg.

The Devil's Den Gettysburg

Alfred Waud, 1863

Grey wash sketch of cavalry crossing a wooden bridge toward smoke-filled fields, with faint pencil soldiers in the foreground

The first gun at Chickamauga

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers laying telegraph wire and raising poles beside a horse-drawn wagon, with smoke over a distant battl

The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of standing brick chimneys amid rubble and bare trees, with a small dog in the foreground, after the Petersburg

The last of Genl. Lees Headquarters - Petersburg - after the battle

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of soldiers in uniform sharing rations, some standing and some seated.

The soldiers sharing rations

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of Civil War soldiers firing rifles across a smoky, tree-lined battlefield with officers in the foreground.

The toughest fight yet. The fight for the salient

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil and wash sketch of Union troops repelling an assault, with mounted officers, artillery, and battle smoke, 1863.

The troops on the center 3rd & 5th Corps repelling a rebel assalt (sic)-Sunday May 3rd 1863

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of a two-story house with chimneys, a porch, a fence, and a grazing cow, on tan paper.

The Jobe house. Ringgold, Ga.

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a smoking, wrecked locomotive on a rail line in a valley, with mounted riders and a farmhouse nearby.

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a sunken railroad cut with sloping banks and shrubs, with handwritten notes about Seminary Ridge at Gettysbu

The R.R. Cut, Seminary ridge, Gettysburg

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of an oil derrick and wooden sheds at Marietta Creek, with a rider on horseback and smoke among bare trees.

The Great Harkins Well. Marietta Creek

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing man at a mantel with a seated woman and child, a rifle on the wall, and a doorway at right.

The soldier returns to the hearth

Alfred Waud, 1860

Dark sketch on green paper of figures working in a field beside a large tree mass, with a standing figure at right.

The sap roller. Petersburg 1864

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of an ornate lobby with an arched doorway, a chandelier, and figures in the foreground, with handwritten notes.

The main lobby leading from the old hall of the house of representatives to the new one

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three men seated at a camp table with tin cups and plates, a standing man at left, and a tent behind.

The three princes, camp at Yorktown

Alfred Waud, 1862

The Newport News Steamer Express Capt. Wilson

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three soldiers aiming rifles beside shrubs, one kneeling in front and two standing behind him.

Three soldiers in action

Pencil sketch of a draped interior with a curved ceiling and two standing soldiers, with smaller studies of drapery below.

Two soldiers keep watch over Lincoln's casket in Springfield, Illinois

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of three sailboats on calm water, with handwritten notes reading Chesapeake bay at lower right.

Three sailboats on Chesapeake Bay

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of two cavalrymen with horses, one mounted with a rifle and one standing beside a saddled horse, dated 1864.

Two cavalrymen

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of two sailing ships with masts and rigging on calm water, with a faint shoreline at left.

Two sailing ships

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of troops marching on a road across an open field, with a horse-drawn wagon at right.

Troops on the road

Alfred Waud, 1860