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Grand Attack of the National Iron Clad upon Fort Sumter and Other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina Item Info
- Abstract:
- Large naval battle scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 5/2/1863.
- Title:
- Grand Attack of the National Iron Clad upon Fort Sumter and Other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
- Artist:
- Crane, W. T.
- Date:
- April 7th, 1863
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Cummings Pt. Battery // Fort Johnson // Middle Ground Battery // Make no shells bursting in the air // Charleston // Castle Pinckney // Battery // Fort Moultrie // Battery // Grand attack of the National Iron Clads, led by Admiral Dupont upon Fort Sumter and other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor , S.C., April 7. 1863 // From a sketch by our Special Artist, [?] W.T. Crane - .";Verso: "Attack of the Union Iron Clads upon Fort Sumpter [sic] // April 7th 1863."
- Subjects:
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Charleston (S.C.)--History--Siege, 1863 Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Armored vessels--United States--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Two sheets glued together with a strip of blue lined paper, almost entirely ripped; rips along vertical folds top and bottom margins.
- Place:
- South Carolina--Charleston--Charleston Harbor South Carolina--Charleston county--Sullivan's Island--Fort Sumter National Monument
- Medium:
- graphite on heavy gauge tan paper
- Dimensions:
- each sheet 10 x 13.25; 10 x 26.5 total in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 32.7860242, -79.9058453999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-WC-SC-4/7/63 (Box 6.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4725
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-WC-SC-4/7/63
- Collection:
- Ships
- Tags:
- Fortifications Iron clads Warship
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Grand Attack of the National Iron Clad upon Fort Sumter and Other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2750.html