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Sketch by Theodore R. Davis, Harper's Weekly, 1862 of troops passing under the Canal at Hancock

This image from Harper's Weekly November 8, 1862 shows troops passing under the Canal at Hancock. The description reads:

Hancock, an exceedingly picturesque town of 4000 inhabitants, situated on this side of the Potomac, is now the theatre of considerable military, activity, being occupied by a portion of the right wing of the Army of the Potomac...

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is on this side of the river, and the sketch represents a regiment passing through a culvert under the canal on their way to the ford.