Street fighting at Salem in Dent County, Missouri, December 3, 1861, artist's impression, detail

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

11/07/2010

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 8, 2011.

Depicted ContentSalem, MO

Depicted ContentIn Salem, Missouri, Confederate raiders surprise the Union garrison but are driven from the town

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engraving

Original caption

The Campaign in Missouri - Night attack on the National forces under Major Bowen, occupying Salem, Dent County, Missouri, by the Rebel forces under Col. Freeman, December 3 - Bloody repulse of the Rebels - From a sketch by our artist attached to Gen. Halleck's command

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper December 28, 1861, 85..

Source note

Cropped from a larger image, also available here.