Currier & Ives Bombardment & capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, N.C.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02881.07 Author/Creator: Currier & Ives Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: circa 1861 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 40.4 cm Order a Copy
Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption below the title reads: "By the U.S. Fleet under Commodore Stringham and the Forces under Genl. Butler. Aug. 27th 1861." Depicts the Union landing at Cape Hatteras. Benjamin Butler's troops are in small rowboats landing ashore in the foreground. The ships Minnesota, Wabash, Susquehanna, Pawnee, and Harriet-Lane bombard Forts Clark and Hatteras. Labels for each ship printed below the image. The arcs of cannon fire can be seen in the air.
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