Union Retreat from Gaines Mill, June 29, 1862, artist's sketch

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 13, 2010.
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drawing
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Yes
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Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
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Public
Original caption
After Gaines Mill Sunday June 29th 1862
Source citation
Morgan Collection of Civil War Drawings, Prints and Photograph Division, Library of Congress
Source note
Artist: Alfred R. Waud
Completed engraving published in Harper's Weekly, August 16, 1862, p. 516.

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