Lithograph colour print circa 1888 depicting the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War.
Lithograph colour print circa 1888 depicting the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. The Union Army of the Potomac is shown crossing the Rappahannock River on the morning of December 13 1862 under the command of General Ambrose Burnside. The battle, fought December 11 - 15 in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, was a major defeat for the Union forces at the hands of General Robert E Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The Union sustained terrible casualties in frontal assaults against the entrenched Confederate defenders. Print by Kurz & Allison.
Size: 7390px × 5152px
Photo credit: © Archive Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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