Details
Creator Currier & Ives.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Bombardment & capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, N.C. By the U.S. fleet under Commander Stringham and the forces under Genl. Butler, Aug. 27th 1861. [graphic].
Publisher New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 22 x 32 cm.(8.5 x 12 in.)
Description Shows a fleet of battleships, including the Minnesota, Wabash, Susquehanna, Pawnee, and Harriet-Lane firing upon the Confederate forts in the distant background. In the foreground, several rowboats of Union soldiers sail toward the shore where previously disembarked troops await. Includes the names of the battleships printed below the image.
Is referenced by Conningham, Currier & Ives 594
Notes Accompanied by newspaper clipping of a map showing the "Position of the Union Troops and Squadron and the Rebel Forts Hatteras and Clark."
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Trimmed.
Subject Minnesota (Steam frigate)
Wabash (Steamship)
Susquehannah (Steamship)
Pawnee (Steamship)
Harriet Lane (Steamship)
Battleships -- North Carolina -- Hatteras Island.
Forts & fortifications -- North Carolina -- Hatteras Island.
Troop movements -- North Carolina -- Hatteras Island.
Geographic subject Fort Hatteras (N.C.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities -- Confederate.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
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 - Hatteras [5779.F.40]
Accession number 5779.F.40