Bivouaced in the rifle pits 5th Corps - 2, Historic Reproduction

This rare historical print captures Bivouaced in the rifle pits 5th Corps - 2 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Library of Congress record: Created 1864 July Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on a separate sheet of cream paper: Bivouac of the 5th corps in the rifle pits. The men in the trenches were not only exposed to shot & shell but had scant protection from the elements. They stretched their shelter tents across the pit, formed by the outer work and a second embankment in the rear; or they built bough houses over the space. and there they cooked and ate, and slept and fought. In front of the ditch a strong abbatis and beyond a line of pickets in separate pits & shelters. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 6 August 1864, p. 504-505. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.405) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file -- 1864. Civil.

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