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Gen. Grover's Division Taking the First Rebel Rifle Pits
John R. Hamilton (American, active in 1863–1867)
May 24, 1863
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.5 x 37.5 cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number54.1733
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0957
DescriptionTroops marching through a ravine in a wooded landscape. Reproduced wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, June 27, 1863, p. 412; text p. 411.
InscriptionsRecto, inscribed upper left and upper right: Dense Woods; below graphite framing: Gen. Grover's Division Taking the first rebel Rifle pits, within three quaters of a mile of Port Hudson. / Sunday May 24th 1863-
Inscribed on verso: (something illegible) attack on Fort Hudson / Gen. Grover's Division taking / its guns to rebel rifle pits.
Inscribed on verso: (something illegible) attack on Fort Hudson / Gen. Grover's Division taking / its guns to rebel rifle pits.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954