Albert S. Johnston crossing the dessert [sic] to join the Southern army

Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army, 1863 was created by the German born artist John Adalbert Volck who resided in Balitmore, Md. during the American Civil War. Etchings depict graphic scenes related to the war with each sketch part of a set of 30 from a book titled Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, ’62, ’63 / by V. Blada.. Adalbert J. Volck went under the pseudynom of V. Blada. Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army, 1863 is a sketch of an Indian man on horseback leading a group of men. Albert Sidney Johnston marches at center, dressed in deerskin garb. A Native American guide rides a horse at front of a group of men and horses. Adalbert John Volck originally published this print under the pseudonym V. Blada. This is plate 20. Illustrated in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 20.