Title

Incident at the Siege of Vicksburg (from The Life Stories of Famous Americans)

Creator

Files

Description

The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Siege of Vicksburg, the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 92 of the book.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

6 1/2 X 5 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper

Inscription

verso, below image: INCIDENT AT THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG recto, at top: 92 THE LIFE STORIES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS

Subjects

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Work Type

print ; excerpt

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

5612

Digital ID

FVW_05612

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.