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Drawings & Sketches

79,475 works

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

Pencil sketch of three soldiers in a rifle pit, one aiming a rifle, with earthworks and trees in the background.

Three soldiers in a rifle pit

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a steamboat named Marion at a wooden landing, with a crowd on the dock and an American flag.

Train of prisoners

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of a small wooden tobacco house in grass, with rolling hills, a wagon and clouds.

Tobacco house. North Ga.

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three sailing ships on calm water with a hazy coastline behind them.

Three ships at sea

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of bare trees and a gnarled shrub in an open field with a distant treeline on tan paper.

Trees

Alfred Waud, 1860

Two broadside views of steamships

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers digging earthworks under a flag, with a mounted officer watching over an open field.

Throwing up earthworks to prevent a night attack

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three soldier figures on grey paper, one large figure with folded arms and a cap, two smaller standing figur

Three figure studies of soldiers

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three officers talking in a draped tent with a table, lamp, glassware, and hanging clocks.

Three officers talking inside a tent

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of three bust portraits of bearded men with handwritten name labels on cream paper.

Three bust portraits including news papermen

Alfred Waud, 1860

Three bust portraits, including Benjamin Butler

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of the paddle steamer Adelaide on calm water, smoke trailing from its stack, with a caption below.

U.S. Steamer Adelaide, which plys between Baltimore & Fort Monroe

Alfred Waud, 1860