Image of a scene from the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863 during the American Civil War; Confederate soldiers attack Union lines with cannons in foreground; spooked horse hitched to a wagon being calmed by a handler at left; dead and wounded men visible on the ground or being carried away; smoke in the air partially obscures the view of Union forces up the hill at left. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Bufford was located at 313 Washington from 1856, and changed business name in 1865. "Issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House 313 Washington St. Boston."--text, bottom center margin. "107."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 : ; overall 25.72 x 34.61 cm (10 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Battles--Pictorial works Cannons--Pictorial works Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
Gettysburg (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Small Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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