Image of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers with General Ulysses S. Grant at bottom right holding a spyglass and observing Confederate troops approaching around a bend near the Mississippi River; soldiers in trenches, explosions, flag at top of hill, river and battleships visible in background. "Copyrighted 1888 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin.
"13' 15' & 17' Corps, Commanded by Gen. U.S. Grant, Assisted by the Navy Under Admiral Porter_Surrender: July 4' 1863."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.2 x 71.76 cm (22 1/8 x 28 1/4 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863--Pictorial works Vicksburg, Seige of, Warren County, Miss., 1863 Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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