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Wood engraving with several panels showing Civil War soldiers, mounted troops, a steamship, a farmhouse, and felled trees in fields.

Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia, from Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1862

A multi-panel wood engraving of Civil War scenes: mounted troops on a road, officers and soldiers near a farmhouse, a steamship on water, tree-lined fields with felled trees, and soldiers with rifles outdoors. Black-and-white linework shows the camp and campaign life in detail.

Artist
Winslow Homer
Date
1862
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2092 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1862).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Nuestro ejército frente a Yorktown, Virginia, Harper's Weekly, 1862

Un grabado en madera de varios paneles con escenas de la Guerra Civil: tropas a caballo en un camino, oficiales y soldados cerca de una casona, un barco de vapor sobre el agua y campos con árboles talados. Las líneas en blanco y negro muestran con detalle la vida del campamento.

Português: Nosso exército diante de Yorktown, Virgínia, Harper's Weekly, 1862

Uma gravura em madeira com vários painéis de cenas da Guerra Civil: tropas a cavalo numa estrada, oficiais e soldados perto de uma casa de fazenda, um navio a vapor na água e campos com árvores derrubadas. As linhas em preto e branco mostram em detalhe a vida do acampamento.

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