Image of an obelisk monument in memory of the heroes of the Union Army and Navy during the American Civil War with people scattered nearby gazing at the memorial and Niagara Falls in background; blank shield "in memory of" in bottom center margin. "Designed & Published by Geo. W. Porter, Lockport, N.Y."--text, bottom left margin.
"(Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Geo. W. Porter in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York.)"--text, bottom center margin.
"Clay, Cosack & Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
"A memorial to perpetuate the remembrance of the heroes of the Union Army and Navy, who fell while fighting for their country, or died in rebel prisons, in military and naval hospitals, in the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 60.96 x 45.72 cm (24 x 18 in.)
Monuments--Pictorial works Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Obelisks--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works War memorials--Pictorial works Lithographs--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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