Title

Marylanders Crossing to Potomac to Join the Southern Army (from Confederate War Etchings)

Creator

Adalbert John Volck

Files

Creator Role

printmaker

Description

Maryland, Volck's adopted state, was a border state during the American Civil War. The Potomac River served as a physical barrier between the Union and Confederacy, which is depicted in the etching.

Description Source

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian. http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.79.95.L (accessed June 19, 2018).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Earliest

1861

Latest

1865

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1861-1871

Measurement

8 X 10 1/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

etching on paper

Inscription

Recto, above image at left: 8

Subjects

Satire, American; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons

Work Type

Print

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

4842

Digital ID

FVW_04842.8

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.