Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. June 1st. 1862.

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

Date1862

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/8 x 13 1/16in. (21.3 x 33.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA officer on horseback is in the center foreground. He wears a military uniform and holds a sword or saber. Three men at the left fire rifles with fixed bayonets at a fourth man firing a pistol from behind a fallen horse. Two men at the right fire towards the right. Other men lie or sit on the ground, apparently dead or wounded. A shattered cannon is at the far right. In the background, ranks of soldiers, partially obscurred by cannon smoke, run towards the left. American flags fly above the troops at the right; a Confederate flag flies above the troops at the left.

Object number1948.13.8

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VA. JUNE 1ST. 1862. / Gallant charge of General Meagher's Brigade."
On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 4 / #19", upper center, "Duplicate - keep / but no consv." "CHS"; lower right, accession number "Dwr 25 [crossed out] 27"; and "25 #6". In red ink: "900".

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