Image of the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback, including General George B. McClellan and General Randolph B. Marcy, survey the battle from a hilltop; cannon and dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; army ranks marching in background. "Max Rosenthal, del. & lith."--text, bottom left margin. "Signal Officer / Genl. Van Veck / Genl. McClellan / Genl. Marcy / Genl. Barry / Walse"--text, bottom center margin. "L.N. Rosenthal, Lith. No. 327 Walnut St. Phila."--text, bottom right margin. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865, by Wm. Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--text, bottom centered. "Published by William Smith, Printseller, No. 702 South Third St., Philada."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 57.15 x 73.66 cm (22 1/2 x 29 in.)
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862--Pictorial works Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887--Pictorial works McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885--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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