Live Free and Draw

1862: Colby’s regiment finally reaches Washington, but Newton’s sick in the hospital when the work begins …

Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (continued):

<< BEFORE: Rumors of Jackson …

NEXT: Dropping names… >>

Colby seems to recognize the immensity of what he’s seeing… Just the year before, we was pitching hay on a back field in the hills of Henniker, and now he’s marching through history.

Note the unfinished capitol dome at the heart of Washington; this wartime construction project fascinates me!  I’ve based this view on Waud’s August 1862 sketch:

Other reference images used in this post:

•  Parading troops on Pennsylvania Avenue (note the dome has been completed by 1865)
•  Carver Barracks in Washington (c.1862)
•  Long Bridge (Potomac) (1863)
•  View of Washington & Potomac from Arlington (1838)