Image of the Union soldiers of the 109th New York Infantry Regiment storming a hill in siege of Confederate troops at Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; men shoot from behind barricades, charge forward with swords raised, or help carry and tend to the wounded and the dead; smoke and explosions from artillery in the air. "Lith. by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore"--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by Andrew McCullum [sic] in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the State of Maryland."--text, bottom center margin. (Likely a reference to artist Andrew McCallum)
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 27.94 x 39.05 cm (11 x 15 3/8 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 109th (1862-1865)--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
Petersburg (Va.)
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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