Image of an eye-level view of the American Civil War battle of Chickamauga fought in Catoosa County and Walker County, Georgia, in September 1863 under Union Major General William Rosecrans and Confederate General Braxton Bragg; soldiers on the front lines shoot at each other, men also visible manning artillery or riding on horseback; wounded and dead soldiers litter the ground. "Copyrighted 1890 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin. "Sept. 19' & 20' 1863, Federal loss: 1644 Kd, 9262 Wd, 8000 Pris. (Gen. Rosecrans Com.) Confederate loss: 1394 Kd, 8974 Wd, 2003 Pris. (Gen. Bragg Com.)--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.2 x 71.44 cm (22 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--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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