Bauman Rare Books Early 2020 Online Catalogue

A M E R I C A N A B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S • E A R L Y 2 0 2 0 O N L I N E 120 ©2020 Bauman Rare Books www.baumanrarebooks.com 1-800-97-BAUMAN (1-800-972-2862) Lovely, Large, Vibrantly Hand-Colored Lithograph Of The Third Day Of The Battle Of Gettysburg MAGNUS, Charles, engraver. Hand-colored lithograph: Battle of Gettysburg Pa., July 3rd 1863. New York, 1863. Broadside lithograph; image measures 19 by 12 inches, entire piece measures 17-1/2 by 23 inches. $2500. View on Website Original 1863 finely hand-colored lithograph depicting the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863)—a splendid view of the battlefield in vibrant color. After two days of fierce fighting in the largest land battle ever fought in North America, and what would prove to be the costliest battle of the Civil War, the Union army formed a fishhook defensive line along Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill sought of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Having earlier attacked both ends of the Union line, Confederate General Robert E. Lee determined to attack the center of the Union line where he thought it weak, along Cemetery Ridge. At 3:00 pm on July 3, more than 12,000 Confederate soldiers advanced three-quarters of a mile across open ground toward the Union center. Nearly half of the attackers did not return to their own lines. Pickett’s Charge became the “high-water mark of the Confederacy,” as the Confederate army never came as close again to achieving military victory. The view in this lithographed print is from behind the Union lines, with advancing Confederates in the distance. In the center, a Union officer, perhaps General George G. Meade, dispatches a messenger with orders, while a Union gun crew fires on the distant Confederates. Union reinforcements arrive from the right, bearing a tattered American flag. A few marginal closed tears, neatly mended. An excellent copy of this vibrantly colored lithograph.