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Creator Currier & Ives.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title The bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany 11th 1863. [graphic] : By the gun-boats, commanded by Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, and the Union troops under Maj. Genl. McClernand; the number of prisoners taken was 7000 being more than all the Federal forces in action, also 20 guns 8000 stand of small arms and 200 army wagons, with herds of horse and mules.
Publisher New York : Published 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 five Union ironclads firing upon the Confederate fort. Flames rise from the barracks and throngs of Union soldiers disembark from a steamer and storm the grounds of the fort.
Is referenced by Conningham, Currier & Ives 591
Notes Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Subject Forts & fortifications -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post.
Armored vessels -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post.
Troop movements -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post.
Geographic subject Fort Hindman (Ark.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
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 - Fort Hindman [5779.F.51]
Accession number 5779.F.51