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Kurz & Allison Battle of Stones River

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00249.02 Author/Creator: Kurz & Allison Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Print Date: 1891 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. Height: 53.5 cm, Width: 70 cm Order a Copy

Published by Kurz & Allison at 76 & 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Full title is: "Battle of Stone River. Near Murfreesborough, Tenn." Seems to have been partially hand colored. Depicts Major General William S. Rosencrans on a black horse directing the battle on the left side of the image. Shows the Confederates attacking Union soldiers, who are on slightly higher ground. This is before the Union troops were pushed back across the Stone River. Fighting is taking place in the background beyond the river, mostly by calvary and artillery. Railroad tracks run parallel to the river. Mountains are in the far background, while a thin pine forest is depicted throughout the image. Smoke floats throughout the image, which is bloodless despite several fallen horses and men.

Kurz & Allison (publishers), fl. 19th century

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