Item number: OTH479
Genuine Antique Print
1861
Maker: Currier & Ives
Antique print showing the death of Col. Baker on the battlefield during the American Civil War in 1861, published by Currier & Ives. In the early years of the war, when many on both sides of the conflict still assumed it would be a brief, print publishers quickly issued pictorial tributes to Union martyrs. This Currier & Ives print honors Edward D. Baker, an Oregon senator, Union army officer, and close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln who died in the Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia,(also known as the Battle of Leesburg) on October 21, 1861—a disastrous Union defeat. Original hand-coloring. Measures approx. 8.25 x 12.5 inches to the image border. Archivally matted; measures approx. 14.75 x 18 inches with mat.
Genuine Antique Print from 1861
Item Number: OTH479