General Sherman's Troops Shooting Bloodhounds (recto).

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Creator / Contributor: Crane, William T.
Title: General Sherman's Troops Shooting Bloodhounds (recto).
Collection Title: Civil War drawings collection, approximately 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
Date: 1861-1865
Description: Drawing: Graphite on paper. 6 7/16 x 4 11/16 in. Soldiers on horseback and on foot shoot at and bayonet dogs. Verso inscribed in graphite: 'Genl. Shermans troops / Killing Bloodhounds / Genl Shermans men invariably / killed all the bloodhounds and / dogs of most every description / by order of the commanding / general'.
Notes: About the Artist: William T. Crane worked as an illustrator, or 'special artist,' for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper during the American Civil War.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ag0005f.jpg
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Subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Sherman's March to the Sea
Soldiers
Bloodhound
Dogs
Material type or medium of original: Sketches
Drawings (visual works)
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Full Text: Drawing: Graphite on paper. 6 7/16 x 4 11/16 in. Soldiers on horseback and on foot shoot at and bayonet dogs. Verso inscribed in graphite: 'Genl. Shermans troops / Killing Bloodhounds / Genl Shermans men invariably / killed all the bloodhounds and / dogs of most every description / by order of the commanding / general'.