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Thomas Nast Civil War Collection

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Thomas Nast's "A Cavalry Attack" Illustration

This, is an original 1863 Thomas Nast Civil War illustration. The leaf is from an 1863 Harper's Weekly newspaper. The leaf is captioned, "A Cavalry Attack." In my mind this is one of the most dramatic of all original Civil War illustrations. The leaf presents a stunning view of a Civil War Cavalry charge. the image includes an incredible amount of action. The Rebel and Union Cavalries are shown in close range combat.

Thomas Nast "A Cavalry Attack"  (Click on Image for Enlarged View)

The foreground includes a number of soldiers with swords drawn engaging in hand-to-hand combat. The left of the print features a Cavalry officer with his sword drawn over his head, leading a group of soldiers into battle. The battle continues into the background of the print, with thousands and thousands of mounted soldiers. A number of dead and dieing men are shown on the ground. Others are being run through with swords. The foreground shows a man falling off his panicked horse. You can click on the image to get a closer look, but there was no way for me to capture the impact of this print with a digital image.
 

We hope you enjoy this complete Gallery of the Civil War works of Thomas Nast.  We have created this digital archive for the use of researchers and students of Thomas Nast.  Please remember that the digitally enhanced images are Copyright © Son of the South Material, so do not use them without asking permission. For more information, contact paul@sonofthesouth.net .

A Note to our Readers

We created this Thomas Nast Gallery to digitally preserve Nast's Civil War work for posterity.  We are now making the original, 140 year old leafs available for a price of $250 each.  The proceeds from the sale of the material will enable us to continue to expand the material featured on our site.  Please contact paul@sonofthesouth.net if you are interested in acquiring one of these original leafs.