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Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part four)
(part four in a series) I’ve been tracking Alfred Waud across the Spotsylvania battlefield, trying to figure out why one of his sketches, “Advance on Spotsylvania,” bears the date “May 9” although it depicts events from May 10. The first … Continue reading
Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part three)
(part three in a series) I’ve come to believe Alfred Waud’s sketch “Advance on Spotsylvania,” dated May 9, is actually mis-dated. In the first two posts of this series, I’ve tried to lay out some of the breadcrumbs that led … Continue reading
Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part two)
(part two of a series) When Alfred Waud finally arrived on the Spotsylvania battlefield’s eastern front, he produced a sketch showing the Federal IX Corps on the outskirts of the village. Spotsylvania-based historian John Cummings has convincingly placed the location … Continue reading
Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part one)
(part one in a series) In my capacity as historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield, I recently did some work to pin down the approximate location where IX Corps division commander Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance on Spotsylvania, Alexander Webb, alfred waud, Battle of Todd's Tavern, Bloody Angle, Brown House, Fredericksburg Road, Harper's Weekly, Library of Congress, Mule Shoe Salient, Ny River, Spotsylvania, Todd's Tavern, Upton's Assault, Waud's-Sketchy-Spotsy
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