Image of Confederate soldiers defending with rifles, bayonets, and cannons as Union troops storm Fort Donelson, Tennessee, during the American Civil War; soldiers carrying American flags prominent in the charge; Union General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback directing the charge at left; dead and wounded soldiers visible; Confederate fort and river scene with steamboats in background. 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 1862, 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.
"The attack on the Fort commenced on Thursday Feby 13th, and was continued with varying success..."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 31.12 x 40.64 cm (12 1/4 x 16 in.)
Battles--Pictorial works Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862--Pictorial works Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--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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