Original 1865 Civil War Engraving CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON Tennessee Grant Smith for Sale

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Original 1865 Civil War Engraving CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON Tennessee Grant Smith For Sale

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Original 1865 Civil War Engraving CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON Tennessee Grant Smith:
$24.99

Handsomeoriginal antique engraving of action during the Battle of FortDonelson, fought February 11-16, 1862 near the Tennessee-Kentuckyborder.

This dramatic view wasengraved from a drawing byFelix Octavius Carr Darley. It is titled Capture of FortDonelson, Tenn. Chargeof Gen. Smith's Division.
The image area measures 12.8 x 18.8 cm [5" x 7½"], and the engravingwaspublished in Volume Two ofRobert Tomes' TheWar with the South, New York: Virtue & Yorston,1862-1867.
The printed text in the lower margin reads: "Enteredaccording toact of Congress AD. 1865, by Virtue & Yorston Co. in theclerk'soffice of the district court of the UnitedStates, for the southern district of N.Y."
Condition: It is in excellent condition,bright and clean, with norips, tears, or creases.It is printed on a heavy paper, with original tissue overlay, and isblank on the back,with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feelfree to ask any questions.
Artist Felix Octavius Carr Darley was an American painter knownfor his illustrations in works by well-known19th-century authors, including James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens,Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The engraving's subtitle refers to the assault on the Confederateentrenchments,led personally by Union General Charles Ferguson Smith.
The Union's capture of the fort elevated BrigadierGeneralUlysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to therank of Major General, and earned him the nickname of "UnconditionalSurrender" Grant.
This is an original, authentic antique engraving, printed more than150 years ago, nota reproduction or modern reprint, fully guaranteed to begenuine.
It would make a handsome and dramatic display in your den or office. Itwouldalso make a perfect gift, and we'll include our helpful framingtips with yourpurchase.
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