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Siege of Fort Macon: Protecting the Working Parties Constructing the Three Parrot Gun Battery Item Info
- Title:
- Siege of Fort Macon: Protecting the Working Parties Constructing the Three Parrot Gun Battery
- Artist:
- Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
- Date:
- April 25, 1862
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Seige [sic] of Fort Macon. Companies A & B of 5 R.I. reg. Capt's Wheeler & Wright, protecting the working parties constructing the 3 Parrott gun battery, Captain Morris. Col. White sometimes beguiles his leisure moments by throwing shells promiscuously about the sand spit upon which our works are located, doubtless." Remainder apparently cut off.;Verso: No text. A few stray drawn marks.
- Subjects:
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Macon (N.C.)--Siege, 1862 Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862 Fortification--History--19th century Ordnance--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Vertical folds; uneven upper and lower margins; loss of paper at lower left corner.
- Place:
- North Carolina--Carteret--Fort Macon
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 4.75 x 13.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 34.6971403999999, -76.6786693999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-FHS-NC-4/25/62a (Box 8.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4873
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-FHS-NC-4/25/62a
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Siege of Fort Macon: Protecting the Working Parties Constructing the Three Parrot Gun Battery", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2903.html