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The Advance Guard of the Grand Army of the United States Crossing the Long Bridge over the Potomac at 2 a.m. on May 24, 1861 (from Harper's Weekly June 8, 1861)
The Advance Guard of the Grand Army of the United States Crossing the Long Bridge over the Potomac at 2 a.m. on May 24, 1861 (from Harper's Weekly June 8, 1861)
The Advance Guard of the Grand Army of the United States Crossing the Long Bridge over the Potomac at 2 a.m. on May 24, 1861 (from Harper's Weekly June 8, 1861)
Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910)
Publisher Harper's Weekly, published by Harper & Brothers (American, 1857 - 1916)

The Advance Guard of the Grand Army of the United States Crossing the Long Bridge over the Potomac at 2 a.m. on May 24, 1861 (from Harper's Weekly June 8, 1861)

Date1861
MediumWood engraving on paper
DimensionsSheet: 16 × 11 1/4 in. (40.6 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Andrew Ladis and William Underwood Eiland Collection; gift of William Underwood Eiland
Object number2013.32