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Gen. Grover's Division Taking the First Rebel Rifle Pits

(American, active in 1863–1867)
May 24, 1863
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on paper, laid down
DimensionsSheet: 26.5 x 37.5 cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number54.1733
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsRecto, inscribed upper left and upper right: Dense Woods; below graphite framing: Gen. Grover's Division Taking the first rebel Rifle pits, within three quaters of a mile of Port Hudson. / Sunday May 24th 1863- Inscribed on verso: (something illegible) attack on Fort Hudson / Gen. Grover's Division taking / its guns to rebel rifle pits.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954