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- GLC#
- GLC02881.27-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1862
- Author/Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Title
- Bombardment of Island "Number Ten" in the Mississippi River
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 lithograph : col. Height: 31 cm, Width: 39.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Subtitle is "By the Gunboat and Mortar fleet, under the command of Flag Officer A.H. Foote." Caption under the title says: "The Bombardment commenced on Saturday afternoon, March 15th 1862, and continued until midnight of April 7th, when the whole Island with all its vast munitions of war, fell into the hands of the gallant forces, under Commodore Foote. 'A Nations thanks are due them.'" The foreground is dominated by low-lying ironclads firing mortars at the island in the background. The yellow-orange rainbow arcs from the mortars dominate the picture. Some light wear. Lithograph is partially mounted and enclosed in mylar.
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