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Landing of Gen. Pope's Army on the Kentucky Shore Item Info

Title:
Landing of Gen. Pope's Army on the Kentucky Shore
Artist:
McLaughlin, James W.
Date:
April 7, 1862
Transcription:
Recto: "Landing of Gen. Pope's army on the Kentucky shore opposite New Madrid April 7th. // Large guns & howitzers in the foreground dismounted by the fire of the gun boats a few hours previous. // Jas W. McLaughlin // Del.";Verso: No text.
Subjects:
Mississippi River Valley--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 River boats--Kentucky
Condition:
Two vertical fold marks; torn bottom left slightly; smudged a lot.
Place:
Kentucky
Medium:
graphite on paper
Dimensions:
13.75 x 9.25 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
37.8393332, -84.2700179
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-JWML-KY-4-7-62 (Box 8).
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/5039
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-JWML-KY-4-7-62
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Artillery Mississippi River Riverboat
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Landing of Gen. Pope's Army on the Kentucky Shore", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2901.html