Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 Battle of the Wilderness--Attack at Spottsylvania Court House
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0156 Author/Creator: Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 27.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
One engraving entitled "Battle Of The Wilderness-Attack at Spottsylvania Court House" dated 1865. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864. In the center of the painting an officer on horseback rides through the battle, beside him a solider holds up the body of a wounded comrade. On the left the body of a union solider hangs overtop a cannon. Engraved from an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of the publishers.
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