Historic Framed Print, An incident of the War - 2, 17-7/8" x 21-7/8"

Beautiful historic reproduction print from the Library of Congress collections.

Created 1862 September Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspaper: New York Herald. Inscribed on verso: One of the rebel Pickets (11th Ala) crossed over on rocks to the union pickets to Exchange Tobacco and a richmond paper--for the N.Y. Herald--there is a mutual understanding among the pickets of both sides that the[y] will not be arrested [crossed out] captured, for the[y] trust the honor of the enemy in such case, this would have been so in this case had not the Col Bailey (2nd Del) officer of the day) been going his rounds, concluded to put a stop to this traffic in the spy line, as the benefit was always on the side of the Rebels--The young rebel picket was brought to general Hancock's H.Q. much to the disgust of our pickets who think he should have been let free. X Major Throop 57th N.Y.V. Commanding pickets (Zooks brigade, Hancocks Division). The Southern Ill[ustrated] New[s] was found on the prisoner, and given to me by Major Throop=please acknownledge, its accepant[sic] from him in your paper--. Source unknown. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file -- S. Drawings American 1860-1870.

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