The Civil War in America: Federal picket on the Potomac, in front of the Confederate batteries - from a sketch by our special artist, 1861. 'Fifty miles below Washington the Confederates have constructed some formidable batteries on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, opposite to a place known as Budd's Ferry'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

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Size: 3827px × 2669px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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