Description: Lithograph print depicting the Battle of Logan's Cross Roads, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Fishing Creek or Mill Springs, fought on January 19, 1862. Union forces defeated Confederate forces to gain control of the region. Depicted in the scene are the 2nd Minnesota, 4th Kentucky and 10th Indiana at left, the death of Zollicoffer near the center, Union and Secession forces in the distance, and General Crittenden and staff at right. The lithograph was created from a sketch by Alfred E. Mathews who served with the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mathews (1831-1874) was born in Bristol, England, but moved with his family to settle in Rochester, Ohio, when he was two years old. He was working as a schoolteacher in Alabama when the Civil War broke out, and returned north to enlist in the 1st Ohio Artillery in August 1861. He later joined the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and fought in battles including Corinth, Stone River, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During his three-year enlistment he drew numerous sketches of scenes he witnessed, which were made into lithographs and sold, including publication in Harper's Weekly. He moved west following the war and continued his work as an artist, until his sudden death at the age of 43. He is buried on his ranch near Longmount, Colorado. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08608
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Battlefields; Military Ohio; Artists--Ohio
Places: Mill Springs (Kentucky)
 

Description: Lithographic print depicting Union forces fording Fishing Creek, created from a sketch by Alfred E. Mathews who served with the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Its caption reads, "The 17th, 31st, 35th and 38th Regiments Ohio Volunteers, and Capt. Hewett's Battery, (Ky.) in command, of Gen. Schoepf crossing Fishing Creek, on the march to attack the rebels under Crittenden and Zollicoffer, Sunday, January 19th, 1862." Mathews (1831-1874) was born in Bristol, England, but moved with his family to settle in Rochester, Ohio, when he was two years old. He was working as a schoolteacher in Alabama when the Civil War broke out, and returned north to enlist in the 1st Ohio Artillery in August 1861. He later joined the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and fought in battles including Corinth, Stone River, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During his three-year enlistment he drew numerous sketches of scenes he witnessed, which were made into lithographs and sold, including publication in Harper's Weekly. He moved west following the war and continued his work as an artist, until his sudden death at the age of 43. He is buried on his ranch near Longmount, Colorado. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08609
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Military life; Soldiers; Horses
Places: Mill Springs (Kentucky)