Terrific Engagement at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, April 6th. 7th. 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 11/16 x 13 1/8in. (22.1 x 33.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/16 x 14 5/16in. (25.6 x 36.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionMen wearing Union army uniforms fire cannons from the left foreground towards a large group of Confederate soldiers retreating in the right background. An officer on horseback watches through a telescope. He wears a hat with a plume. In the right foreground, a shell bursts, and men and a horse fall dead or wounded. A sword, a rifle with fixed bayonet, and a cap are on the ground. Additional Union troops advance behind them beneath an American flag. Much of the field is obscurred by cannon smoke. In the midst of the smoke, men fire from beneath a tree. Additional cannon crews and infantry are in the left background. Two warships are on a body of water, presumably the Mississippi River, in the distance.

Object number1948.13.12

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "TERRIFIC ENGAGEMENT AT PITTSBURG LANDING, TENN, APRIL 6TH..7TH..1862. / Between the Rebels under Generals Beauregard and A.S. Johnston, and the Union Forces unders [sic] Generals Grant and Buell--Total rout of Rebels with a terrible loss--the bloodiest battle of the age. / 696."
On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 4 / #25"; lower left, "Consv CPC 1987"; lower right, "Dwr 25 [crossed out] 27" and accession number. Also in pencil, "Drawer 25 #7". In red ink, "986".

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