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]
