The seige of Vicksburg - Approach of McPhearson's saps to the rebel works – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of The seige of Vicksburg - Approach of McPhearson's saps to the rebel works. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The seige of Vicksburg - Approach of McPhearson's saps to the rebel works
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Trenches dug forward toward the Confederate lines are the subject here, as this wood engraving shows Union saps creeping toward the rebel works at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant besieged the river city from May to July 1863, and troops under Gen. James B. McPherson pushed saps closer to the defenses, a slow method that spared the army costly frontal assaults. Theodore R. Davis, an artist who worked with the army, sketched the siege, and *Harper's Weekly* published this engraving on July 11, 1863, a week after Vicksburg surrendered on July 4.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving after Theo. R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1863 July 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,205 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108089 |
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