Henry Pleasants,Mine,Battle of Petersburg Crater,American Civil War,Alfred Waud

Title: Within the mine. Col. Pleasants superinting [sic] the arrival of powder
Creator(s): Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
Date Created/Published: [1864 ca. July 29-30]
Notes:
Signed lower right: AR. Waud.
Title inscribed below image.
Inscribed on an attached piece of cream paper: Carrying powder into the mine. The soldiers detailed for this duty carried the power a keg in either end of a grain bag thrown across the shoulder. A portion of the c`overed way' along which they had to pass, was exposed to the enemies fire. At the dangerous points they would watch their oppartunity[sic] and dash over the exposed ground into comparative safety.
Published in: Harpers Weekly, 20 August 1864, p. 528 (cover).
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.447)
Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864.
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Subjects:
Pleasants, Henry--Military service.
United States.--Army.--Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865)
Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.
Explosives--1860-1870.
Military officers--Union--1860-1870.
Mines (Weapons)--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies.
United States--Virginia--Petersburg
Drawings--American--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2004660855/
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