ORIGINAL 1891 LITHOGRAPH OF THE ASSAULT ON FORT SANDERS KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE ~ BURNSIDE & LONGSTREET
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FRAME APPROX. 25" X 31.5" ~ FRAMED BEHIND GLASS ~ HEAVY ~ SCARCE LITHOGRAPH
ASSAULT ON FORT SANDERS ~ COPYRIGHT 1891 BY KURZ AND ALLISON
NOV. 29, 1863 GEN BURNSIDE & GEN. LONGSTREET
BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING ~ COLOR IS TERRIFIC ~ INSIDE OF GLASS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED, THAT WE WILL LEAVE UP TO THE BUYER
The assault, conducted on November 29, 1863, was poorly planned and executed. Longstreet discounted the difficulties of the physical obstacles his infantrymen would face. He had witnessed, through field glasses, a Union soldier walking across the ditch and, not realizing that the man had crossed on a plank, believed that the ditch was very shallow. He also believed that the steep walls could be negotiated by digging footholds, rather than requiring scaling ladders.The Confederates moved to within 120-150 yards of the salient during the night of freezing rain and snow and waited for the order to attack. Their attack at dawn has been described as "cruel and gruesome by 19th century standards." They were initially confronted by telegraph wire that had been strung between tree stumps at knee height, possibly the first use of such wire entanglements in the Civil War, and many men were shot as they tried to disentangle themselves. When they reached the ditch, they found the vertical wall to be almost insurmountable, frozen and slippery. Union soldiers rained fire into the assault, including musketry, canister, and artillery shells thrown as hand grenades. Unable to dig footholds, men climbed upon each other's shoulders to attempt to reach the top. A succession of color bearers was shot down as they planted their flags on the fort. For a brief time, three flags reached the top, those of the 16th Georgia, 13th Mississippi, and 17th Mississippi.
ASSAULT ON FORT SANDERS ~ COPYRIGHT 1891 BY KURZ AND ALLISON
NOV. 29, 1863 GEN BURNSIDE & GEN. LONGSTREET
BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING ~ COLOR IS TERRIFIC ~ INSIDE OF GLASS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED, THAT WE WILL LEAVE UP TO THE BUYER
The assault, conducted on November 29, 1863, was poorly planned and executed. Longstreet discounted the difficulties of the physical obstacles his infantrymen would face. He had witnessed, through field glasses, a Union soldier walking across the ditch and, not realizing that the man had crossed on a plank, believed that the ditch was very shallow. He also believed that the steep walls could be negotiated by digging footholds, rather than requiring scaling ladders.The Confederates moved to within 120-150 yards of the salient during the night of freezing rain and snow and waited for the order to attack. Their attack at dawn has been described as "cruel and gruesome by 19th century standards." They were initially confronted by telegraph wire that had been strung between tree stumps at knee height, possibly the first use of such wire entanglements in the Civil War, and many men were shot as they tried to disentangle themselves. When they reached the ditch, they found the vertical wall to be almost insurmountable, frozen and slippery. Union soldiers rained fire into the assault, including musketry, canister, and artillery shells thrown as hand grenades. Unable to dig footholds, men climbed upon each other's shoulders to attempt to reach the top. A succession of color bearers was shot down as they planted their flags on the fort. For a brief time, three flags reached the top, those of the 16th Georgia, 13th Mississippi, and 17th Mississippi.
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Item # CWB10618
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