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.
Subject
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