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Creator Currier & Ives.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title The siege of Charleston. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and batteries Wagner and Gregg by the Union batteries on Morris Island, under command of General Gilmore._ August 1863. [graphic].
Publisher New York: Publ. by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1863
Date [1863]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 34 x 46 cm.(13.25 x 18 in.)
Description Shows Union soldiers at the island encampment firing several lines of cannons at the forts and batteries in the distance. Other soldiers man a barricade behind the cannons. Also shows a steamer and submarines firing from the harbor. Includes the names of the forts printed below the image.
Is referenced by Conningham, Currier & Ives 5508
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Reaccessioned as P.9177.15.
Subject Forts & fortifications -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Geographic subject Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns & battles.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities -- Confederate.
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 - Charleston [5794.F.2]
Accession number 5794.F.2