Card, Collecting

Night Crossing

Night Crossing

Name/Title

Card, Collecting

Entry/Object ID

2018.012.0046

Description

A collectors card for the Civil War from the Keepsake Collectibles company. The set is called "The Blue and the Gray - Civil War Art by Mort Kunstler. Each card has a scene/person on one side and the history of that scene or person on the other side. This card (#69) is called "Night Crossing". It talks about the Southern attempt to end the war and take the battle to the North. Instead, Lee was turned back at the battle of Antietam and forced to cross the Potomac River. There are two of these cards.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1997