The Battle of Savage Station by Matthew Brady / SOLD

The Battle of Savage Station by Matthew Brady - Inventory Number: ALB 311 / SOLD

Wonderful, original small albumen photograph depicting trains, tents, and horse drawn wagons. This photograph is mounted on an original card stock mount of Snow and Roos of San Francisco, scarce view in good condition.

The Battle of Savage's Station took place on June 29, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as the fourth of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. The main body of the UnionArmy of the Potomac began a general withdrawal toward the James River. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder pursued along the railroad and the Williamsburg Road and struck Maj. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner's II Corps (the Union rearguard) with three brigades near Savage's Station, while Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's divisions were stalled north of the Chickahominy River. Union forces continued to withdraw across White Oak Swamp, abandoning supplies and more than 2,500 wounded soldiers in a field hospital.

No. 468 titled “Savage Station, On the Richmond and York River Railroad. Headquarters General McClellan, June 2, 1862.”

Comes housed in 8 x 14 riker display case with red velvet and descriptive card.

Inventory Number: ALB 311 / SOLD