Image of Union ships firing on Confederate forts near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War; plumes of smoke rise above explosions as ships are hit in the crossfire. Printer supplied by cataloger based on printer/publisher history.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St New York."--text, bottom right margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"Battery Bee. / (Cummings Point.) / Fort Sumter. / New Ironsides. / Fort Moultrie."--text, bottom center margin.
"Between 9 United States "Iron-Clads", under the command of Admiral Dupont; and Forts Sumter, Moultrie, and the Cummings Point Batteries in possession of the Rebels._ The Keokuk was the only Iron-clad disabled in the fight."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 25.72 x 35.88 cm (10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Bombardment--Pictorial works Naval battles--Pictorial works Ships--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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