The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862 – Antique Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862
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What sets this print apart from other Currier & Ives battle scenes is the observation balloon drifting in the distance, a reminder that the Union army used aerial reconnaissance at Fair Oaks. The fighting on May 31 and June 1, 1862, came during the Peninsula Campaign, when George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac was advancing up the peninsula toward Richmond. Thaddeus Lowe's balloon corps gave Union commanders a view of Confederate positions that was hard to get through the woods and swampy ground. The lithograph was issued in New York by Currier & Ives in 1862, a firm that sold hand-colored prints of current events to a wide popular audience.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1862. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0447. Observation balloon in distance. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216817 |
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