Frank Leslie's 'Battle at Wilson's Creek' Illustration New York film A musical sensation complete with

A musical sensation complete with comedy and dancing

making it much more a piece of art than an promotional piece

Maxence Bridge

The graph paper backdrop makes this piece of art look similar to the notes of an engineering student

Frank Leslie's 'Battle at Wilson's Creek' Illustration New York film A musical sensation complete with"Battle at Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Mo., between 5,500 Union Troops under Generals Lyon and Sigel, and 23,000 Confederates under Generals McCulloch and Price, August 10th, 1861." The Battle of Wilson's Creek is depicted here, and is notably the first major battle of the Trans Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. It is also when Nathaniel Lyon was killed the first Union general to die in the war. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper