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The listing, Civil War Engraving of Battle of Vicksburg has ended.

An over 100 year old engraved picture of the Battle of Vicksburg. The engraving shows Union and Confedate forces in hand to hand combat. The printing under the pictures reads "Siege of Vicksburg" and under that is says, "Fight in the crater made by explosion of a mine under a portion of the Rebel works." In very very small print under the caption is "Entered according to Act of Congress by the American Publishing Co. Dec 11, 1865 in the Clerks Office of the District Court ofConnecticut"
The print is in an 8 x 10 mat making it possible to add frame at low cost.

Questions & Comments

It is an engraving and old. My aunt who passed away in the 1970's had it matted. It was made from an engraving plate and not printed on a modern press. The illustration was probably from original artwork done by artist new correspondence of a publications during the Civil War. Engravings of artists sketches were only method of illustrating at a time when photography was new and not easily made into print form..

Dec 16th, 2011 at 12:46:02 AM PST by

Engravings were big sellers during the Civil War but but the engravings gave way to the new art form of photography in years following the Civil War. Engraving showed things photography could not at the time record such as naval battles or scenes of combat. Most Civil War photos are of individuals or general scenes before or after a battle and rarely if ever during a battle. The earlier auctioned engraving of troops going into Charleston SC was definitely created at the time for some newspaper or periodical of the time. The Monitor and Merrimac and Vicksburg battle scene ones were probably also created for such publications or for use in book about the Civil War shortly after the war was over. Higher priced limited edition histories and biographies often used engravings rather than photographs as they better illustrated battles as well as could be drawn to enhance the writers perspective or even his role in events illustrated.

Dec 16th, 2011 at 12:58:17 AM PST by

Also see Monitor and Merrimac engraved picture auction .

Dec 12th, 2011 at 11:51:09 AM PST by

being in Lexi i would suppose that pieces like this are around more

Dec 16th, 2011 at 11:07:02 AM PST by

we live in Franklin co. near SML and i have seen some tin prints in different places but not engravings

Dec 16th, 2011 at 11:07:57 AM PST by

Actually only moved to Lexington in last year. My aunt who I inherited these from was from Iowa and Nebraska so they are not from around here. I was twenty years overseas with the Dept. of Defense and these had been in storage during that period.

Dec 16th, 2011 at 1:34:32 PM PST by

Historical fact, Vicksburg and Gettysburg battles were around the same time. The victory at Vicksburg cut the South in two and brought Grant the leadership role of Union commander. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th and for over 100 years after the 4th of July was not celebrated in Vicksburg.

Dec 16th, 2011 at 1:41:21 PM PST by

Civil War Engraving of Battle of Vicksburg is in the Antiques category