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Attack on Rebel Fort on the Tennessee Shore Item Info
- Abstract:
- Panorama battle scene with steamboat portraits.
- Title:
- Attack on Rebel Fort on the Tennessee Shore
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- March 17, 1862
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Sky perfectly clear. Try and make the steamboats in good shape, you represent them generally as most unnatural boxes. // Mortar boats. // Silver Wave Transport with troops. // Towboat W.F. Wilson (sternwheeler upper cabin 1/2 length). // St. Louis, Benton, Cincinatti lashed together head downstream. // Towboats Wisconsin No.2, Pike. // Attack March 17, 1862 on the Rebel Fortifications on opposi[te]. // Rebel fort Tenessee shore. // Conestoga. // Ferryboat Roby Roy.";Verso: "1st day (Saturday) reconaissance. // 2nd day (Sunday) bombardment by mortarboats. // 3rd day (Monday) general attack by gunboat mortars. // 4th day (Tuesday today) nothing yet except occasional bombarding."
- Subjects:
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Army--Dept. of the Tennessee Steamboats--Tennessee--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; upper left quadrant missing; more missing along right margin?; ripping along bottom, upper and right margins; stain at upper right; pin marks.
- Place:
- Tennessee
- Medium:
- graphite and black chalk on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9 x 14 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 35.5174913, -86.5804473
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-TN-3/17/62 (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4505
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-TN-3/17/62
- Collection:
- Ships
- Tags:
- Ferryboat Gunboat Mortarboat River scene Sternwheeler Towboat
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Attack on Rebel Fort on the Tennessee Shore", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2725.html