Image of Union cavalry forces led by General Philip Sheridan charging Confederate lines of soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, in 1865 during the American Civil War; cannons and covered wagons are overtaken by Union troops; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground. "Copyrighted 1886 by Kurz & Allison Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin.
"Charge of Genl. Sheridan April 1st, 1865."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.52 x 71.44 cm (22 1/4 x 28 1/8 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Cavalry--Pictorial works Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--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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