Fighting at the Peach Orchard on first day, Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, April 6, 1862, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

08/19/2011

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 19, 2012.

Depicted ContentAlbert Sidney Johnston becomes the war's highest ranking casualty when he bleeds to death at Shiloh

Depicted ContentMassed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing

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engraving

Original caption

The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, the Engagement on the Left Wing, Gen. Hurlbut's Division, Sunday, April 6 ... Charge and Repulse of the Rebels at the Peach Orchard - Sketched by our artist, Mr. H. Lovie

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Supplement, May 17, 1862, 76.