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- GLC#
- GLC02881.08-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1862
- Author/Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Title
- Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo 10th & 11th of April 1862
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 lithograph : col. Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 40.4 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. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "After a bombardment of 30 hours, the Fort surrendered unconditionally to the U.S. Forces, under the immediate command of Genl. Q. A. Gillmore. 360 Prisoners, 47 Cannon, 40,000 pounds of Powder, and a large quantity of provisions fell into the hands of the loyal North." Vivid depiction of orange explotions inside and around the fort that lighten up the night. Orange and black smoke dominates the image. The flagpole with a Confederate flag is snapped and barely hanging on. The fort is clearly in dire straights.
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