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Siege of Fort Macon: Bombardment by Ten Inch Mortar Battery Item Info
- Abstract:
- Attributed to Berghaus at newspaper? Clearly in style and writing of F.H. Schell.
- Title:
- Siege of Fort Macon: Bombardment by Ten Inch Mortar Battery
- Artist:
- Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
- Date:
- April 25, 1862
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Seige [sic] of Fort Macon // Bombardment by 10 inch mortar battery -- See dailies. // [different hand] 6 x 9 3/8 Berghaus.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Macon (N.C.)--Siege, 1862 Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862 Ordnance--History--19th century Bombardment--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; ink stain at upper right; loss of paper at bottom margin (torn from a sketchbook?).
- Place:
- North Carolina--Carteret--Fort Macon
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.75 x 10 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 34.6971403999999, -76.6786693999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-FHS-NC-4/25/62b (Box 8.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4874
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-FHS-NC-4/25/62b
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Siege of Fort Macon: Bombardment by Ten Inch Mortar Battery", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2904.html