Description: Capture of Lookout Mountain (Tennessee) by the Army of the Cumberland, Dec 1863, Harpers, ORIGINAL (19) - 11 x 16 inches approx. (typical newspaper page size) - note: Engravings were etchings inscribed onto boxwood print blocks. The source of the etchings were pencil/charcoal sketches made by artists hired by the newspapers to visit news events on site, and sketch on an easel...with an eagle-eye view of the event. It usually took at least a week for the sketches to get to the printer's office and then get inscribed onto print blocks. Newspaper engravings may carry the name of the sketch artist and/or the head engraver, some of whom became famous. includes: one full, unfolded sheet covered by Engraving. Backside is a serialized fiction story. NPSgov online: The Confederate Army followed up their victory at Chickamauga in September 1863 by pursuing the Union Army to Chattanooga. As Union troops prepared to defend the city, the Confederates encircled the city and prepared to lay siege. From early October through late November, Confederate troops perched high atop Lookout Mountain could observe the Union Army down below, and artillery positions on the point of the mountain could choke off Union supply routes, as well as shell Union positions down on Moccasin Bend. In late October, Union and Confederate forces clashed at Wauhatchie in the valley to the west of Lookout Mountain and Union troops successfully opened up a supply route known as the Cracker Line. On November 24, 1863, Union troops under the command of General Joseph Hooker swept the northern slopes of Lookout Mountain in what became known as the "Battle Above the Clouds.". Condition: Very Good Condition for this antique news-sheet. Engraving shows only light/minor age-tanning, with no marks, stains, foxing, tears, or folds. Engraving is clear and unblemished. This specimen was kept with cardboard support in a poly sleeve for the past several decades, which accounts for its great condition. The engravings are collectible & frame-able. Item will be mailed in a protective poly bag, inside a crush-resistant mailing tube.
Price: 20 USD
Location: Rancho Cordova, California
End Time: 2024-08-24T18:01:58.000Z
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