Image of Union army soldiers advancing against Confederate cannons from the shore with American flags held high during the capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; fallen soldiers in foreground; multitude of ships visible in background. Printer supplied by cataloger based on publisher/printer history.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St New York"--text, bottom right margin.
"By the Federal Forces, under command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and Gunboats under Commodore L. M. Goldsborough."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 31.12 x 40.64 cm (12 1/4 x 16 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--Capture, 1862--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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