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AV 117 Alfred E. Mathews Lithograph Collection Page 1 OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Manuscripts/ Audiovisual Collections AV 117 Alfred E. Mathews Lithograph Collection 1862- 1863 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Number: AV 117 Title: Alfred E. Mathews Lithograph Collection Creator: Ohio Historical Society Dates: 1862- 1863 Media: Lithographic prints Quantity: 61 prints Location: Ohio Historical Center HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION Alfred E. Mathews was born in Bristol, England on June 24, 1831. His family came to the United States when he was two and settled in Rochester, Ohio. For a time he worked as a typesetter for the Ohio Democrat, a newspaper in New Philadelphia, Ohio owned by his brother Charles. When the Civil War broke out, Mathews was teaching school in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He quit and quickly headed north. In August 1861 Mathews enlisted in Captain Cotter's battery of the 1st Ohio Artillery. Later he joined the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With the 31st O. V. I. he fought in battles at Corinth, Mississippi; Stone River ( Murfreesboro), Tennessee; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. During his three years in the army he used his artistic ability to make topographic maps and drawings. He also drew sketches that were made into lithographs and sold. Harper's Weekly magazine published two of his lithographs on the " War in Kentucky." General Ulysses S. Grant saw and admired Mathews’ work. After mustering out of the 31st O. V. I., he prepared an exhibition of panoramic scenes of Vicksburg, Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Sherman's March to the Sea. It is unknown how extensively the panoramas were exhibited, but they were seen in several Ohio cities, including Steubenville, in late 1864 and 1865. Mathews moved to Nebraska in the summer of 1865 and went on to Denver, Colorado in the fall. He created lithographs of mining scenes around Denver and began work on a book of 36
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Full Text | AV 117 Alfred E. Mathews Lithograph Collection Page 1 OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Manuscripts/ Audiovisual Collections AV 117 Alfred E. Mathews Lithograph Collection 1862- 1863 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Number: AV 117 Title: Alfred E. Mathews Lithograph Collection Creator: Ohio Historical Society Dates: 1862- 1863 Media: Lithographic prints Quantity: 61 prints Location: Ohio Historical Center HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION Alfred E. Mathews was born in Bristol, England on June 24, 1831. His family came to the United States when he was two and settled in Rochester, Ohio. For a time he worked as a typesetter for the Ohio Democrat, a newspaper in New Philadelphia, Ohio owned by his brother Charles. When the Civil War broke out, Mathews was teaching school in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He quit and quickly headed north. In August 1861 Mathews enlisted in Captain Cotter's battery of the 1st Ohio Artillery. Later he joined the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With the 31st O. V. I. he fought in battles at Corinth, Mississippi; Stone River ( Murfreesboro), Tennessee; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. During his three years in the army he used his artistic ability to make topographic maps and drawings. He also drew sketches that were made into lithographs and sold. Harper's Weekly magazine published two of his lithographs on the " War in Kentucky." General Ulysses S. Grant saw and admired Mathews’ work. After mustering out of the 31st O. V. I., he prepared an exhibition of panoramic scenes of Vicksburg, Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Sherman's March to the Sea. It is unknown how extensively the panoramas were exhibited, but they were seen in several Ohio cities, including Steubenville, in late 1864 and 1865. Mathews moved to Nebraska in the summer of 1865 and went on to Denver, Colorado in the fall. He created lithographs of mining scenes around Denver and began work on a book of 36 |
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