View showing smoke billowing from the fort under siege by shell bursts. Also shows cannons firing from inside the fort., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
c1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles [5779.F.50]
Battle scene showing a Union warship firing upon the Confederate fort, Fort Walker, amidst streams of smoke and shell bursts., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - P [5779.F.44]
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., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Hindman [5779.F.51]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., View showing the Union iron-clads, including the New Ironsides, ablaze and under heavy fire from the batteries at the harbor. Includes the names of the forts and "New Ironsides" printed below the image. Also includes several lines of text below the image describing the bravery of the vessels sustaining 300 rounds of fire for two hours before the order to retreat "on account of obstructions in the harbor."
Creator
Currier & Ives., creator
Date
c1863.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Charleston [5794.F.1]
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., 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.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Hatteras [5779.F.40]
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., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reaccessioned as P.9177.15.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Charleston [5794.F.2]
