Image of Union and Confederate officers on horseback meeting as Union General Nathaniel P. Banks accepts the surrender of Port Hudson, Louisiana, during the American Civil War; guns are stacked by Confederate soldiers and a Confederate flag is gathered at left; artillery unit and soldiers line the coastline in background. Printer supplied by cataloger based on printer/publisher history.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St New York."--text, bottom right margin.
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"Marching out of the Garrison, and surrender of their arms, colors, armament, munitions, public funds, and material of war to the victorious army of the Union,_under Major Genl. N.P. Banks. Prisoners taken 5000, also 7000 stand of arms, 50 pieces of artillery, siege guns &c. &c."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 31.12 x 40.64 cm (12 1/4 x 16 in.)
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Port Hudson (La.)--History--Siege, 1863--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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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