Andrew W. Warren, Special Artist

A. W. Warren, Special Artist for Harpers Weekly

"Rocks and Gulls" by Andrew W. Warren, 1866.

"SIGNAL STATION NEAR GENERAL MEADE'S HEAD-QUARTERS," sketched by A. W. Warren.

Andrew W. Warren was born in Chenango County, New York, in 1834 and studied drawing and landscape painting under noted New York City artist Tompkins H. Matteson. During the last year of the Civil War, Warren worked as a special artist for Harper's Weekly with the Army of the Potomac toward the end of the Petersburg Campaign. His first woodcut sketches appear in the November 5, 1864 issue. Immediately after the war, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Drawing at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, but he resigned in 1872 because of failing health. He died of consumption within the year at the age of 39. [from Warren's obituary in the Chenango Union, July 24, 1873.]

"BOMB -PROOF RIFLE-PIT IN FRONT OF PETERSBURG," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"Soldiers Building Roads in Front of Petersburg," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"CAPTURE OF REBEL FORT IN FRONT OF PETERSBURG BY THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 27, 1864," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"BEFORE PETERSBURG—REINFORCEMENTS GOING TO THE FRONT," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"BEFORE PETERSBURG—" MOUNTED INFANTRY," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"CITY POINT ON THE MILITARY RAILROAD," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"THE BATTLEFIELD AT THE FRONT," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"BEFORE PETERSBURG—WINTER-QUARTERS FROM THE PLANTATION." sketched by A. W. Warren.

"THE BATTLEFIELD AT THE REAR," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"BEFORE PETERSBURG—ISSUING RATIONS OF WHISKY AND QUININE," sketched by A. W. Warren.

Sketch by Andrew W. Warren. Woodcut published in Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1864.

"ACTION OF THE SECOND DIVISION, FIFTH CORPS, WITH THE REBELS ON ROWANTY CREEK, FEBRUARY 5, 1865," sketched by A. W. Warren.

"CHARGE OF THE FIRST DIVISION, FIFTH CORPS, ON THE REBEL BREAST-WORKS, FEBRUARY 7, 1865," sketched by A. W. Warren.

LC 20887. Inscribed on verso: The 1st Div 5th Corps charging some temporary breastworks of logs piled against trees on the morning of Tuesday 7th Feb. Thick pine woods. The ground smooth and covered with fine leaves. A.R.W. Near Hatchers Run. The Library of Congress attributes this drawing to A. R. Waud, but the published print above makes clear that Warren was the artist.

"BEFORE PETERSBURG-REBEL FORT AND LINE OF WORKS NEAR BURGESS MILLS, CAPTURED BY TIE SIXTH CORPS, APRIL 2, 1865," sketched by A. W. Warren. Published in Harper's Weekly, April 22, 1865. See original sketch from the Library of Congress below.

LC 21152. Rebel fort & line of works near Burgess Mills evacuated by the rebels this morning. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso under title: The 6th Corps flanked them out./ AR.W./ 2n Apr. 65,/ On my way to Petersburgh.[sic]. Inscribed on recto, indicating key Spots: Woods. Pines. Oaks. Pines. Fort. abbatis 4 lines of abbattis. Breastworks. Cherry. Well. Plaster & bricks. Old house frame. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.282) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. The Library of Congress seems to have mis-attributed this to A. R. Waud.

"GALLANT ACTION OF COLONEL SNIPER, 185TH NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 1865," sketched by A. W. Warren. Published in Harper's Weekly, April 22, 1865.

"BEFORE PETERSBURG--THE RETREAT OF THE REBELS ACROSS THE APPOMATTOX, BY THE POCAHONTAS BRIDGE, ARIL 3, 1865'" sketched by A. W. Warren.

"THE CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA—VIEW FROM GAMBLE'S HILL," sketched by A. W. Warren.