American Civil War,Destruction of Water Tanks & Engines,Jarrets Station,1864

Title: Destruction of Water Ta[nk]s & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station
Creator(s): Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
Date Created/Published: 1864 December 8.
Notes:
Title on verso.
Inscribed below title on verso: In the rear were large wells some 20 ft in diameter. This is where Wilson crossed last June on his return from his raid. He destroyed the buildings some / 3 in number but only the Water Tanks having been rebuilt. Time 11 p.m.-Thursday 8th Dec. 64. The tanks would not burn till they were pulled to pieces & were not destroyed till the next morning. Jarrets Station / ARW.
Inscribed above image: moon, sky, and Pine woods. Inscribed upper right: 75.
Possibly by A.W. Warren.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 31, 1864, p. 837. Credited to A.W. Warren.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.306)
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Subjects:
Wilson, James Harrison,--1837-1925--Military service.
Weldon Railroad--1860-1870.
Railroad facilities--1860-1870.
Soldiers--1860-1870.
Fires--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.
United States--Virginia--Jarret's Station
Weldon Railroad Expedition, Weldon, Va., 1864.
Drawings--American--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2004660721/
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