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The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862 – Vintage Wall Art

The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1862. — antique lithograph
The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1862.. Antique lithograph from the Balloons 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: The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st, 1862, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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What sets this lithograph apart from other Civil War battle prints is the observation balloon drifting in the distance, a reminder that the Union army used tethered balloons to scout Confederate positions during the Peninsula Campaign. The print depicts the fighting at Fair Oaks, Virginia, on May 31, 1862, when Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston struck part of George B. McClellan's army just east of Richmond. Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for inexpensive popular prints, issued the hand-colored image later that year to satisfy public interest in news from the front.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1862.
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand colored.
GenreLithographs Hand colored 1860-1870.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0447. Observation balloon in distance.
SubjectsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,277 × 928 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216817

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