Grand Attack of the National Iron Clad upon Fort Sumter and Other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Title
Grand Attack of the National Iron Clad upon Fort Sumter and Other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Abstract
Large naval battle scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 5/2/1863.
Artist
Date
April 7th, 1863
Transcription
Recto: "Cummings Pt. Battery // Fort Johnson // Middle Ground Battery // Make no shells bursting in the air // Charleston // Castle Pinckney // Battery // Fort Moultrie // Battery // Grand attack of the National Iron Clads, led by Admiral Dupont upon Fort Sumter and other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor , S.C., April 7. 1863 // From a sketch by our Special Artist, [?] W.T. Crane - ."
Verso: "Attack of the Union Iron Clads upon Fort Sumpter [sic] // April 7th 1863."
Subject
Condition
Two sheets glued together with a strip of blue lined paper, almost entirely ripped; rips along vertical folds top and bottom margins.
Place
Medium
graphite on heavy gauge tan paper
Dimensions
each sheet 10 x 13.25; 10 x 26.5 total in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
32.7860242, -79.9058453999999
Source
Original drawing location: CW-WC-SC-4/7/63 (Box 6.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4725
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-WC-SC-4/7/63
Collection
Citation
Crane, W. T., “Grand Attack of the National Iron Clad upon Fort Sumter and Other Rebel Forts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2750.