General Custer Presenting Captured Battle-Flags Civil War Print by A.R. Waud For Sale

OverviewOriginal Civil War-era wood engraving published in Harper’s Weekly in 1864.The illustration depicts General George Armstrong Custer presenting captured Confederate battle flags at the War Department in Washington on October 23, 1864. The scene is credited as sketched by noted Civil War artist-correspondent A. R. Waud.The reverse retains original period newspaper text, including the headings “The Army Vote Fraud” and “The Lesson of the Raids.”Measures approximately 9½ inches wide × 10 inches high.ConditionFair antique condition. The sheet has overall age toning, scattered spotting and soiling, creasing, edge wear, and several tears, notches, and losses around the margins. The edges are irregular, and the sheet appears to have been trimmed from a larger newspaper page. There is an old paper reinforcement or adhesive remnant on the reverse. The main printed image remains largely intact and clearly visible.Please review all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.