Tennessee. Lookout Mountain, scene of the battle of November 24th, 1863 / from a sketch by Moser. – Historic Print
(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 Tennessee. Lookout Mountain, scene of the battle of November 24th, 1863 / from a sketch by Moser., an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tennessee. Lookout Mountain, scene of the battle of November 24th, 1863 / from a sketch by Moser.
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Lookout Mountain, rising above the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, is the specific landmark this engraving shows, and its record ties it to the Battle of Lookout Mountain on November 24, 1863. Union forces under Joseph Hooker fought Confederate troops on its slopes and summit in a fight often called the "Battle Above the Clouds," because low fog often hid the lower slopes from view. The scene was drawn from a sketch by an artist named Moser and printed as a wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in January 1887, nearly a quarter century after the fighting. Such views helped postwar readers picture battlefields that had become tourist destinations.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1887 Jan. 8, p. 365. |
| Subjects | Lookout Mountain (Appalachian Mountains)--1880-1890. Tennessee River--1880-1890. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-186017 |
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