Charge of Kimball's Brigade
date: label: Date made
content: 1863
name: label: copyright holder
content: Keyser, J. G.
label: maker
content: P.S. Duval & Son Lith.
label: artist
content: Keyser, J. G.
notes: label: Description
content: The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11-15, 1865, as part of a Union attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. Ambrose Burnside became the commander of the Army of the Potomac after McClellan’s removal by Abraham Lincoln in November 1862. As the Union general approached Fredericksburg, Lee entrenched his army among the heights behind the town. On December 12, the Federal forces crossed the Rappahannock River and began a series of frontal assaults against the Confederate positions. The attacks were futile and the Union forces suffered heavy casualties, forcing Burnside to call off the offensive on the 15th, and lead a retreat back across the river.
label: Description
content: This print depicts the regiments commanded by General Nathan Kimball as they endure heavy fire in an attempt to seize the high ground of Marye's Heights. Kimball was severely wounded in the offensive and his brigade suffered a casualty level of 25 percent. There is an explanation key below the image.
label: Description
content: Peter S. Duval, a French-born lithographer, was hired by Cephas G. Childs in 1831 to work for the firm of Childs & Inman in Philadelphia. Duval later formed a partnership with George Lehman, and Lehman & Duval took over the business of Childs & Inman in 1835. From 1839 to 1843, Duval was part of the lithography and publishing house, Huddy & Duval. He established his own lithography firm in 1843, and was joined by his son, Stephen Orr Duval, in 1858.
label: Description
content: Private John G. Keyser was an artist from Bridgeton, New Jersey. He made sketches during the Civil War, particularly of Regiment 24, which were then turned into prints.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Virginia, Fredericksburg
topic: label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: referenced
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
label: Subject
content: Wagons
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3321
label: catalog number
content: 60.3321
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 10 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in; 27.305 cm x 33.655 cm