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Battle of Chancellorsville. Gen. Sickles' Division covering the retreat – Vintage Print

Battle of Chancellorsville. Gen. Sickles' Division covering the retreat — antique engraving
Battle of Chancellorsville. Gen. Sickles' Division covering the retreat. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Battle of Chancellorsville. Gen. Sickles' Division covering the retreat, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Battle of Chancellorsville. Gen. Sickles' Division covering the retreat

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The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought in early May 1863 in Virginia, was a major Confederate victory under Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and this engraving shows a particular moment within it: Gen. Daniel Sickles' division covering the Union retreat. Sickles, a New York political figure turned soldier, had pushed his troops forward on the second day of the fighting, and the Union army's withdrawal depended on rear-guard units like his holding the line. The print, dated 1864, was made about a year after the battle, when the engraved battle scene was a common way for the public to follow the war at home.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1864
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128106

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