Alternate title: | Civil War Virginia |
Summary: | Cannons at Hazel Grove, Chancellorsville, Virginia, circa 1971-1990. Caption reads: "Virginia saw the first major land battle of the Civil War at First Manassas, July 21, 1861, and four long, tragic years later, Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. Of the war's thousand battles, skirmishes, and engagements, sixty percent was fought in Virginia. During the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, forty Confederate cannon successfully defended the high, open plain known as Hazel Grove (pictured here). Flags from bottom left: Flag of the Confederacy; Confederate Battle Flag; Flag of the Union." Postcard number: VA 182. |
Creator: | Card, Ron |
Card, Linda |
Provider: | Cards Unlimited, Inc. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Keysville |
Temporal subject: |
1971-1980
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1981-1990
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Chancellorsville |
Topical subjects: | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 |
Battlefields |
Cannons |
Flags |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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