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Middleton, Strobidge, & Co., fl. 1863 The Battle for Stone River or Murfreesboro

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08442.10 Author/Creator: Middleton, Strobidge, & Co., fl. 1863 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Print Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 lithograph : b&w Height: 52 cm, Width: 68.5 cm Order a Copy

Civil War lithograph "representing Gen. Palmer's Division, Col. Scribner's and Col. John Beatty's Brigades and the Regular Brigade, on the 31st of December, 1862; as seen from the position of the 15th and 19th Regulars while supporting Guenther's and Loomis' Batteries." Alfred E. Matthews, the artist, was a musician in the "31st Regiment, O.V.I." Contains a detailed description of the battle and its participants in small print. Text is slightly faded.

Middleton, Strobridge & Co. (lithographers)
Matthews, Alfred E., fl. 1863

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