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The 109th New York State vols. planting their colors on the rebel works in front of Petersburg, Virginia April 2nd 1865 lith. by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore
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Print shows Union troops attacking Confederate fortifications in Petersburg, Virginia, on the day before Richmond fell to Union control.
Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by Andrew McCullum [sic] in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the State of Maryland.
Andrew McCallum, 1821-1902, was a sketch artist for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Magazine, who covered the Siege of Petersburg.
The 109th New York Infantry was also known as the Binghamton Regiment. It served in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac. The troops participated in the Siege of Petersburg.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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