Battle of Kenesaw Mountain. [Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.]

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• PUBLISHER: Copyright 1887 by the American Lithographic Co.

• MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

  DATE: 1887.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 x 21 1/2" (38 x 54.7 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Issued by the American Lithographic Company, this print is from a later edition of Louis Prang’s portfolio of eighteen important Civil War battles. An eighteen-color lithograph, it depicts the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, fought on June 27, 1864. In this engagement, General William T. Sherman ordered a frontal assault against Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston’s entrenched position. The attack resulted in heavy losses—about 3,000 Union and 1,000 Confederate casualties. Johnston had established his lines on June 18–19 to defend the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the vital supply route to Atlanta.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 19 x 24 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Civil War