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Siege of Vicksburg.

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): 7 7/8 x 12 3/8in. (20 x 31.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14 1/16in. (25.4 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionUnion soldiers in uniform stand and kneel behind a log and earth fortification housing a cannon battery. Three cannon crews are in the process of firing their guns. One man is clearing a rifle with a ramrod. Two tents are in the right foreground. A man lies in each tent, apparently asleep. Other men stand and sit nearby. One smokes a pipe. A drum is beside one of the tents with stacked rifles and a knapsack nearby. At the right, four men sit around a campfire on which a pot is steaming. An American flag flies from the rampart. A Confederate flag flies from earthworks in the background. Puffs of smoke, tree stumps, and an exploding shell are in the field between the lines. The city of Vicksburg is in the left background. Two ships are on the Mississippi River in the right background. A large tree is at the left.

Object number1948.13.14

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "SIEGE OF VICKSBURG. / On the 4th of July 1863, after a desperate resistance of 47 days, the Rebel General Pemberton, surrendered the Garrison and City, unconditionally, to General / U.S. Grant, the gallant Commander of the Union Forces. [leaf ornament]"

On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 4 / #35", upper right, "#4" "6.00"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987 / Dwr 26" and accession number. In red ink, "910".

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