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Orig Antique CIVIL WAR Engrav - STEAMBOATS WITH TROOPS On the Great Kanawha

$ 8.18

Availability: 68 in stock
  • Steamboats and Troops: Great Kanawha River
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Modified Item: No
  • Originality: Original
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Original Antique Engraving - Union Troops Cross the Great Kanawha
    Title Reads:  "Bellaire, O. - Steamboats conveying troops and munitions of war for the Federal Forces on the Great Kanawha"
    Description beneath the title explains that Bellaire is a town on the Ohio River three miles below Wheeling, Va.  It was a critical terminus of the Central Ohio Railroad and an important position for the rapid assembly and deployment of troops.
    Full page illustration is in excellent condition.  No damages.  It was published in 'Leslie's Illustrated Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War'  There are two engraved illustrations on the back side.  1) General Butterfield's Headquarters and  2) A long, narrow but larger print of Confederate Forces advancing upon the Rappahannock Station.
    Main image size:  9" x  14"    Page size:  10-1/2" x  15"
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    Inv. No.  1707
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    All my prints are guaranteed to be antique, at least 100 years old.  Most are wood engravings from newspapers and magazines published while the war was in progress or, following the war's end and published in volumes reprinting articles that were published during the war, using the exact same illustrations and text.  Others are steel engravings of military officers and battle scenes that were published as book illustrations or issued in portfolios.  Also, always at least 100 years old
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