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The Army of the Potomac. The Wagon Trains of the Army of the Potomac en Route from Chickahominy to James River VA. During the Seven Days Fight. (Fording Bear Creek One Mile below Savage Station.) June 29th 1862.

  • ARTIST: John Bachelder

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Jno. B. Bachelder.

  • MEDIUM: Two-stone lithograph,

    DATE: 1863.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 x 27 1/8" (43.2 x 69.0 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Lith. of J. H. Bufford, Boston. This print shows the army crossing Bear Creek, Virginia with a huge baggage train stretching in many columns into the distance. John Bachelder (1825-1894) was a talented New England artist. During the Civil War he spent a great deal of time traveling with the troops, often making on-the-spot sketches. Many Union officers respected him and his work. General John Caldwell wrote in early 1863: "At Fair Oaks, Virginia, I frequently met Mr. Bachelder, at that time making sketches of various phases of the Battle of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks. Several of the sketches were shown to me, and I think them by far the most accurate of any I have ever seen.”

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Lith.of J. H.Bufford, Boston.

  • CONDITION: Very good condition with original hand color save marginal repairs.

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