Image of armies engaged on the battlefield at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General George B. McClellan rides on horseback at center leading Union soldiers on foot in a charge against Confederate troops; wounded or dead soldier and horse next to a cannon at right. Printer supplied by cataloger based on publisher/printer history.
"Pub. by Currier & Ives"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St NY"--text, bottom right margin.
"Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the Army of the Potomac."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 31.12 x 40.64 cm (12 1/4 x 16 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862--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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