Image of Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, in 1862 during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate army lines exchange fire across a cornfield. Tinted and hand colored. "Attempt of the Rebels under Cheathem to turn the Left Flank. The Rebels Charge on a Battery and are repulsed by the 21st Wisconsin. The 21st lost 41 killed and 101 wounded."--text, bottom centered. "Sketched by A. E. Mathews, 31st O. V. I."--text, bottom centered. "Lithographed by Middleton, Strobridge & Col, Cincinnati."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 47.63 x 60.96 cm (18 3/4 x 24 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862--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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