Original antique lithograph titled "Negro Drivers of the Baggage Train Attached to General Pleasonton's Cavalry Brigade Watering their Mules in the Rappahannock River."

• The image area measures 24 x 36 cm [9½" x 14"], and the illustration depicts an interval during the run-up to what would be the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America, on June 9, 1863 when Union General Alfred Pleasonton sent columns over the Rappahannock at Beverly Ford and Kelly's Ford to attack Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry division at Brandy Station and Stevensburg, Virginia.



• The caption below the illustration's title describes that after "the institution of slavery was shattered...Blacks began to be employed as a sort of assistant corps to the army...They were nearly all expert hostlers, and the Union commanders employed them in that capacity."



• This lithograph was published in Battles and Commanders of the Civil War, edited by General Marcus Joseph Wright, Washington, D.C., 1902.



• It is an original, authentic antique lithograph, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.



• Condition:  It is in very good condition, bright and clean, with no marks, rips, tears, or creases. It is printed on a lightweight paper that has toned slightly with age, giving it a fine antique patina. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• On the reverse side there's another full-page lithograph, based on a sketch by Edwin Forbes, titled "Battle of Slaughter's Mountain, Saturday, Augst 9, 1862 — Federal Army Commanded by General Banks; Confederates Under Jackson, Ewell and Winder."



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