Hooker at Chancellorsville May 3 1863 constitution signing The lithograph carries the polished

The lithograph carries the polished confidence of a Democrat riding Manifest Destiny straight into office

drawn up as the republic neared its hundredth year and reached back to its founder for ballast

on being seen

Martin Van Buren President of the United States 1839-1841

Hooker at Chancellorsville May 3 1863 constitution signing The lithograph carries the polishedHooker at Chancellorsville May 3 1863 the third day's catastrophe rendered in ink, when Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac unraveled in the Virginia thickets and Jackson's flanking ghost still hung over the field. A scene drawn in the smoke of a Union undoing. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic