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Abstract:
Action packed close-up of battle. Battle of Rowlett's Station.
Title:
The Skirmish with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday the Eighteenth
Artist:
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
Date:
December 18, 1861
Transcription:
Recto: "The skirmish on Tuesday the 18th between 4 companies of the celebrated 32nd Ill. [sic] & the Texas Rangers was one of the best contested & sanguinary affairs of the war. At one point of the fight, the rangers charged upon a company formed in square which repulsed them with considerable loss. The fight here was hand to hand & among other incidents was the shooting of a Ranger by one of Willich's Germans who hobbled up wounded & tried to dispatch his adversary with a bowie knife. They grappled until the German succeeded in snatching the bowie with which he soon ended the conflict. Both parties fought coolly and determinedly, the Rangers riding up to the muzzles & bayonets of our troops, discharging their shot guns and pistols & then dropping upon the side of the horse would reload and return to the charge. The sketch is from narration by members of Willich's regiment.";Verso: "Missis [illeg]."
Subjects:
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Army--Indiana Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865) Confederate States of America.--Army.--Texas Cavalry Regiment, 8th Hand-to-hand fighting--History--19th century Rowlett's Station, Battle of, Ky., 1861
Condition:
Vertical and horizontal folds; dog ears and loss of paper at corners and left margin; curious effect on the back of the paper, which seems to have been in contact with a piece of newspaper.
Place:
Kentucky--Hart--Woodsonville
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
10 x 14 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
37.2628306, -85.8883043
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-FHS-KY-12/18/61 (Box 8.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4860
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-FHS-KY-12/18/61
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Cavalry
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"The Skirmish with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday the Eighteenth", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2890.html
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