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Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas"--by the United States gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th, 1862. [graphic].
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Creator
Currier & Ives.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas"--by the United States gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th, 1862. [graphic].
Publisher
New York: Publ. by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassua St
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1862
Date
[1862]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 35 x 45 cm.(13.5 x 17.75 in.)
Description
View showing the Essex firing upon the Confederate gunboat grounded on the riverbank in the foreground. Flames engulf the Arkansas near a crowd of fleeing people. Also includes the names of the ships printed below the image.
Is referenced by
Conningham, Currier & Ives 1573
Notes
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Subject
Arkansas (Confederate ram)
Essex (United States ironclad)
Gunboats.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Arkansas [5779.F.48]
Accession number
5779.F.48
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