Details
Creator Magee, John L.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Gallant charge of United States Cavalry. Gallant charge of Lieutenant Tompkins of the Second Cavalry, at Fairfax Court House, Va., on the morning of June 1, 1861. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: J. Magee
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1861
Date c1861
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 22 x 31 cm.(8.25 x 12 in.)
Description View of one of the first cavalry campaigns of the war showing the troop, swords raised, charging past a Confederate under the aim of two Union soldiers in front of his confiscated cannon. Also includes fallen Confederate soldiers, including one being trampled, laying in the foreground.
Notes Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Subject United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company B.
Cavalries -- Virginia -- Fairfax.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties.
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Tompkins Charge [5779.F.46]
Accession number 5779.F.46