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- GLC#
- GLC02881.34-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1862
- Author/Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Title
- Genl. Shields at the battle of Winchester, Va. 1862
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 lithograph : col. Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 40.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Hand colored print published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "The Battle was commenced on the afternoon of March 22nd at which time Genl. Shields while in the act of leading forward his men, was struck by the fragment of a Shell, which broke his arm above the elbow, and so far disabled him, that the next day he was obliged to give his orders for the battle while extended on his couch. His brave followers fought with such desperate valor, that they forced back the Rebel Army under Jackson, and drove them in flight from the field." Depicts General James Shields in the center of the picture atop his horse, which is on its hind legs, after a cannon ball exploded nearby. The explosion wounded Sheilds. He is in the act of urging his soldiers forward. The bodies of two dead soldiers are strewn in the foreground. Print is mounted.
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