Image of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate armies engaged at close range surrounded by smoke from cannon fire; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; caption describing battle in bottom margin. Printer supplied by cataloger based on publisher/printer history.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St. New York."--text, bottom right margin.
"The terrific and bloody conflict between the gallant "Army of the Potomac," commanded by their great General George G. Meade ... who fought with such unflinching bravery this long and desperate fight."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 25.4 x 35.56 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Cannons--Pictorial works Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--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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