The charge of the First Iowa Regiment, with General Lyon at its head, at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, Missouri, August 10, 1861, woodcut by an unknown artist, near Springfield, Missouri, 30 August 1861.
The woodcut illustration shows a scene from the Battle of Wilson's Creek, the second major battle of the American Civil War, and it is based on a sketch originally captured by an artist in Major General Fremont's Division. It was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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