Battle of Bull's Run, Va., July 21st. 1861.

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 George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

Date1862

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 9/16 x 13in. (21.7 x 33cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 3/8 x 16 5/16in. (31.4 x 41.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA line of Union soldiers stands at the left holding rifles with fixed bayonets. A large cannon in the center is fired by its crew. Two officers on horseback are at the right. One man, who has a beard and wears a hat with a plume, holds a raised sword. An American flag is nearby. A wounded man lies on the grass in the foreground. Ranks of Confederate infantry with flags are visible in the background through dense cannon smoke.

Object number1982.55.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "BATTLE OF BULL'S RUN, VA., JULY 21ST. 1861. / Colonel Burnside's Brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-First New York regiments, with their artillery, attacking the Rebel Batteries. / 634."
On verso, lower right, in pencil, "DWR 27" and the accession number.

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