A Night Scout in the Southwest; Surprise of an Outpost, and Survey of the Rebel Guns, wood engraving print by Thomas Nast, 1863.
This piece depicts Union scouts attempting to stealthily ambush a Confederate outpost overlooking a rebel fort along the river. Mastery of the American Civil War's western theatre would lie in who could hold the Mississippi, and Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) would lead the Union army in a series of campaigns from 1861 to 1863 to do just that.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Nast, T. (2025, August 29). A Night Scout in the Southwest. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20913/a-night-scout-in-the-southwest/
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