A Night Scout in the Southwest – Surprise of an Outpost, and Survey of the Rebel Guns (from Harper's Weekly), Thomas Nast

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A Night Scout in the Southwest – Surprise of an Outpost, and Survey of the Rebel Guns (from Harper's Weekly), April 4, 1863, Wood engraving, Sheet: 10 7/8 × 16 in. ( × cm), Prints, Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil), Union success on the Civil War’s western front depended upon gaining control of the Mississippi and Ulysses S. Grant waged a series of campaigns to achieve this goal between 1861 and 1863. Published in Harper’s Weekly in April 1863, this wood engraving depicts Union scouts overpowering Confederate lookouts at night on a hill above a river fort

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Size: 5509px × 3749px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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