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BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION OF FIRST AT VICKSBURG THE ARMY IN ACTION IN WEATHERED WHITE FRAME US ARMY PRINT ILLUSTRATED IN WHITE WOODEN FRAME FRAMED 23X26 FRAMED IN GLASS US ARMY HISTORY PRINT FRAME SIZE : 23" X 26" LARGE FRAMED CHIPPEWA FRAME SIZE 23" X 26" LARGE FRAMED FIRST AT VICKSBURG FRAME SIZE 23" X 26" PHOTO SIZE 14 X 19.75 INCHES GLASSED FRAME : YES MATTED PHOTO : YES PRINT : MINT CONDITION Confederate Lines, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 19 May 1863. In this assault against bitter resistance the 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry lost forty-three percent of its men, but of the attacking for, it alone fought its color up the steep slope to the top. General Sherman called its performance "unequalled in the Army" and authorized the 13th Infantry to inscribe "First at Vicksburg" on its color. Although it took two more months of hard fighting to capture Vicksburg and split the Confederacy, no episode illustrates better the indomitable spirit of Americans on both sides. Artist: H. Charles McBarron, Jr. The U.S. Army in Action. Department of the Army PRINT Confederate Lines, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 19 May 1863. In this assault against bitter resistance the 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry, lost forty-three percent of its men, but of the attacking force, it alone fought its color up the steep slope to the top. General Sherman called its performance 'unequalled in the Army' and authorized the 13th Infantry to inscribe 'First at Vicksburg' on its color. Although it took two more months of hard fighting to capture Vicksburg and split the Confederacy, no episode illustrates better the indomitable spirit of Americans on both sides. We are pleased to offer First At Vicksburg NO LONGER IN PRINT by Department Of The Army. CLICK HERE TO SEE MY GALLERY OF FRAMED PHOTOS --------