Attack on Rebel Fort on the Tennessee Shore
Title
Attack on Rebel Fort on the Tennessee Shore
Abstract
Panorama battle scene with steamboat portraits.
Artist
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."
Subject
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
Medium
graphite and black chalk on wove paper
Dimensions
9 x 14 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870
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