Image of armies engaged on battlefield at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (also called the Battle of Shiloh) in Tennessee during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate foot soldiers charge at each other with wounded and dead soldiers visible on the ground at center; cavalry on horseback charge at bottom right; caption describing battle in bottom margin. Printer supplied by cataloger based on publisher/printer history.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"152 Nassau St New York."--text, bottom right margin.
"This plate represents the moment, when the heroic Genl. Grant rode to the left of the field..."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 31.12 x 40.64 cm (12 1/4 x 16 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Pictorial works Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 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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