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Title
The steamship "Constitution" leaving Boston with troops on General Butler's Southern Expedition
Creator
Harper & Brothers, publisher
Contributor
Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1861-12-07
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
"We publish on page 780 an illustration of the embarkation of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts and Ninth Connecticut Regiments on the steamer "Constitution," which is to sail shortly for a Southern point, to land an expedition to be commanded by General Butler."--page 779, on verso. Focus of item: Constitution (Steamship).
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 23.3 x 35.1 cm (9 3/16 x 13 13/16 in.) ; overall 26.8 x 40 cm (10 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Identifier
priJHK 00821
333800
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/22049
Subject
Constitution (Steamship)
Paddle steamers--19th century--Pictorial works
Steamboats--Pictorial works
Passenger ships--United States--Pictorial works
Steamboat lines--United States--19th century
Marine prints--19th century
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1865)
United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865)
Illustrations
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection
Prints
Vessels
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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