Currier & Ives Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862

GLC02881.30

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GLC#
GLC02881.30-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1862
Author/Creator
Currier & Ives
Title
Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 lithograph : col. Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 40.5 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. Caption under title reads: "By the Federal Forces, under command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and Gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough." Shows Union soldiers, dressed in blue uniforms, charging up the beach toward earthen embankments. Boats float in the background. Print is mounted.

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