1863 3rd BATTERY MASSACHUSETTES ARTILLERY FIELD CAMP LARGE LITHOGRAPH PRINT

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Very rare and original, 1863 Very Large Size, Stone Lithograph of the Civil War Regimental Encampment of the 3rd Battery, Martin’s Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery (also known as the 3rd Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery) near Potomac Creek, Virginia. The Lithograph pictures the rather elaborate, Winter Quarters of the Battery during the winter of 1862-3.
This outstanding, Large Folio Currier & Ives type Print is titled in full "Winter Quarters of the 3rd Battery, Martin’s Massachusetts Volunteers, Near Potomac Creek, Virginia" and sub-titled “From November 24, 1862 to May 29th, 1863. The Image area measures approx. 25 ¼” by 15 ½” and the sheet measures approx 28” by 18” (including full, original margins). The image carries the mark of the lithographer – J. H. Bufford of Boston.
The Lithograph is framed in what appears to be its original and quite beautiful, deep walnut frame and retains its original back board (overall size of framed display is 32 ½” by 22 ½”).
The 3rd Massachusetts Battery (or, 3rd Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery), was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
SERVICE:- Moved to Washington, D. C., September 5–11. At Hall's Hill, Va., defenses of Washington, until March 1862. Advanced on Manassas, Va., March 10–15. Moved to Fort Monroe March 21–24. Reconnaissance to Big Bethel March 27. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Hanover Court House May 27. Operations about Hanover Court House May 27–29. Seven Days Battles before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek June 26. Battle of Gaines's Mill June 27. Battle of White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bridge June 30. Battle of Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 15. Moved to Fort Monroe, then to Manassas, Va., August 15–28. Pope's campaign in northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Groveton August 29. Second Battle of Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September–October. Battle of Antietam September 16–17. Shepherdstown September 19. At Sharpsburg until October 30. Reconnaissance to Leetown October 16–17. Leetown October 17. Movement to White Plains and Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 11–15, "Mud March" January 20–24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Bristoe Campaign October 9–22. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Camp near Rappahannock Station December 4, 1863 to May 1, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May–June. Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7. Spotsylvania May 8–12. Spotsylvania Court House May 12–21. Bloody Angle May 12. North Anna River May 23–26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 28–31. Cold Harbor June 1–12. Bethesda Church June 1–3. Before Petersburg June 16–19. Siege of Petersburg June 16-September 5. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18–21. Left the front September 4. Veterans and recruits transferred to the 5th Massachusetts Battery August 30. Moved to Boston September 5–9.
The battery lost a total of 19 men during service; 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 10 enlisted men died of disease.
The Lithograph offered here is a very rare and fascinating view of the 7rd Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery at their winter encampment outside of Washington. The image shows a rather elaborate and semi-permanent Camp with no permanent structures but with a three sided corral for the Battery’s horses and a row of barracks with log-cabin walls and canvas roofs. The guns of the Battery are lined up in front of the barracks and various officers and enlisted men can be seen gathered in small groups throughout this area. The corral is a bevy of activity with a loose horse being captured and various soldiers and civilians tending to the horses. It appears that at least one of the men tending to the horses is an African American.
This type of Regimental "vanity" prints were often produced by local lithographers and sold to members of the regiment depicted in the image, or to their families, and with their limited market and fragile nature, few of these prints survive. In this case the lithograph was published during the short period that the 3rd Battery was encamped near Potomac Creek and was likely printed in a VERY small edition.
This rare and very attractive, Civil War Encampment Lithograph is in very good condition. The Image area is generally clean and crisp and well preserved with some light and uniform age toning but no staining, soiling or foxing. There is a small, 1” by 1 ½” paper repair in the right hand margin of the sheet that just barely touches the edge of the Image area. Otherwise there is no other physical damage and no other repairs of any kind. The mid 19th century, deep walnut frame is very well preserved and exceptionally beautiful. The Lithograph displays beautifully as framed.
A very rare and fascinating, 1863 Very Large Size, Stone Lithograph of the Civil War Regimental Encampment of the 3rd Battery, Martin’s Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery (also known as the 3rd Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery) near Potomac Creek, Virginia and a fantastic addition to any collection!!!
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