Image of intense fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1–3, 1863, during the American Civil War; 12,500 Confederate soldier mount an infantry assault against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's Charge, only to be repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire. "L. Prang & Company Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Copyright 1887."--text, bottom center margin. "Aquarelle Facsimile Print."--text, bottom left margin. "Thulstrup"--text, artist's signature, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.56 x 71.12 cm (21 7/8 x 28 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Cavalry--Pictorial works Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Place
Gettysburg (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Louis Prang Archive Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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