Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, N.C.

Title

Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, N.C.

Abstract

Artist

Date

January 15 [1865]

Transcription

Recto: "Jan. 15th Line of Battle No. 2 Comprizing [sic] all the larger ships of Admiral Porter's fleet // [l-r] Mound Battery // "Ticonderga" Capt. Stedman // "Shenardoah" Capt. Rigely // "Tuscarora" Capt. Frailey // "Juniata" Capt. Phelps // "Mahopae" Comm'dor Parrott // Canonicus. Lieut. Comdr. Belknap // "Powhatan" Commodore Schenck // "Susquehanna" Commodore Godon // "Wabash" Capt. Smith // "Colorado" Commodore Thatcher // "new Ironsides" Commodore Radford // "Minnesota" Commodore Lanmann // Brooklyn Capt. Alden."
Verso: No text.

Condition

Left quarter detached; two vertical folds; partially torn.

Medium

graphite, charcoal, black ink on paper

Dimensions

27.25 x 11 in.

Genre

Drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

33.9716424, -77.9177488

Source

Original drawing location: CW-L-NC-1-15-65 (Box 10).

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/5004

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-L-NC-1-15-65

Collection

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Citation

Laycock, “Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, N.C.,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 15, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/2730.