Image of twelve commanding officers of the Union forces during the American Civil War, including George B. McClellan, Silas Stringham, Irvin McDowell, Franz Sigel, John Ellis Wool, John Adams Dix, Nathaniel P. Banks, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Winfield Scott, Robert Anderson, John C. Frémont , and Benjamin Franklin Butler seated around a table containing a military map. "Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
"New York, Published by Goupil & Co. (M. Knoedler Successor) 772 Broadway."--text, bottom center margin.
"Paris, Goupil & Co."--text, bottom left margin.
"London, Goupil & Co."--text, bottom right margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M. Knoedler in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States of the Southn. District of N.York."--text, bottom center margin.
"Geo. B. McClellan / Comm. Stringham / Irvin McDowell / Franz Siegel / John E. Wool / John A. Dix / N. P. Banks / S. P. Heintzelman / Winfield Scott / Robert Anderson / J. C. Fremont / Benj. F. Butler"--text, image caption, bottom margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 54.61 x 70.49 cm (21 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.)
Admirals--United States--Pictorial works Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871--Pictorial works Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894--Pictorial works Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893--Pictorial works Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879--Pictorial works Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890--Pictorial works Generals--United States--Pictorial works Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880--Pictorial works McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885--Pictorial works McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885--Pictorial works Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866--Pictorial works Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902--Pictorial works Stringham, Silas Horton, 1798-1876--Pictorial works Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (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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