Framed The Battle of Chickamauga by Kurz and Allison

The Battle of Chickamauga by Kurz and Allison portrays the bloody two-day clash fought on September 19–20, 1863, in northwestern Georgia, one of the war’s deadliest battles. In typical Kurz and Allison style, the image dramatizes the action with vivid colors, swirling smoke, cavalry charges, exploding artillery, and massed infantry fighting at close quarters. While not strictly accurate in its details, the print emphasizes the chaos and heroism of the Union and Confederate forces, appealing to a late-19th-century audience eager for patriotic and dramatic depictions of Civil War history. The work serves more as a piece of popular memory and commemoration than as a faithful battlefield record.