Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in a clearing near a wooded area at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, in 1861 during the American Civil War; officers on horseback, American flag and First Iowa Infantry flag at left; dead and wounded soldiers on battlefield, lines attacking with cannon fire in background. "Copyrighted 1893 by Kurz & Allison - 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago."--text, bottom right margin.
"Aug. 10' 1861. Union (Gen. Lyon) Loss: 223 Kd, 721 Wd, 291 Missg, Gen. Lyon Kd-Conf. (Gen. McCulloch) Loss: 265 Kd, 800 Wd, 30 Missg"--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.52 x 72.07 cm (22 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861--Pictorial works 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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