Battle at Missionary Ridge, Ga.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by Phelps & Watson (American, 1859 - 1864)

PublisherPublished by F. P. Whiting (American, born 1840)

Date1863

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 12 1/8in. (20.6 x 30.8cm) Sheet (height x width): 13 x 16 3/4in. (33 x 42.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1981.122.2

DescriptionUnion forces at the left engage Rebel forces charging from the right. The men on both sides carry rifles with fixed bayonets. Some fire at point blank range. A soldier wearing a Union uniform stabs a rebel soldier in the breast with his bayonet. The wounded man falls backwards. Another man falls at the far left, near an officer gesturing with a sword. An American flag flies overhead. A tree stump and flowering plants are in the center foreground. A Confederate soldier lies dead or wounded at the far right. Additional ranks of troops, including an officer on horseback, are in the background. At the far left, a cannon battery is on a hill in the distance.

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