Alfred R. Waud

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Alfred Waud, artist for Harper's Weekly, sketching in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863; photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan.

Union army camp during the Civil War, 1861; illustration by Alfred Waud.

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Female clerks leaving the U.S. Treasury Building; sketch by Alfred R. Waud for Harper's Weekly magazine, c. 1870s.

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Also Known As	Alfred Rudolph Waud
Born	October 2, 1828 • London • England
Died	April 6, 1891 (aged 62) • Marietta • Georgia

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