Capture of New Orleans : fleet passing forts on the Mississippi
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Description
- Title
- Capture of New Orleans : fleet passing forts on the Mississippi
- Creator
- Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910, artist
- Contributor
- Ridgway, W., active 1854-1885, engraver.
- Published / Created
- [1863?]
- Publication Place
- New York? and United States New York (State) New York
- Publisher
- Virtue, Yorston & Co.?
- Abstract
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Print shows Farragut's fleet bombarding and fighting at the battle of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, April 1862. Ships shown include for the Confederate States Navy, three ironclads: CSS Manassas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; for the Union Navy, USS Hartford, Pensacola, Varuna, and Brooklyn; motar vessels bombarding the forts in the background
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Text below caption names the forts and some of the ships depicted above.
Another state of image with caption title above image and slightly different letters below image was issued in Robert Tomes. The war with the South, a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders (New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867), volume 2, facing page 181. This state has imprint: Virtue, Yorston & Co., publishers, N.Y.; and copyright claim: Entered according to act of Congress AD 1863 by Virtue, Yorston & Co. in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. - Extent
- 1 print : 11.0 x 18.7 cm, on sheet 18.2 x 24.5 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- BrSide4o Zc22 863pa
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Steel engravings - Material
- steel engraving ;, paper, ink, steel engraving, and single sided
- Resource Type
- still image and text
- Subject (Geographic)
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United States
Mississippi River
Fort Jackson (La.)
Fort Saint Philip (La.)
New Orleans (La.) - Subject (Name)
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United States. Navy. Western Gulf Blockading Squadron
Manassas (Ship)
Mississippi (Ironclad)
Louisiana (Ironclad)
Hartford (Ship)
Pensacola (Screw steamer)
Brooklyn (Ship)
Varuna (Ship) - Subject (Topic)
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History
Naval operations - Subjects
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United States. Navy. Western Gulf Blockading Squadron > Pictorial works
Manassas (Ship) > Pictorial works
Mississippi (Ironclad) > Pictorial works
Louisiana (Ironclad) > Pictorial works
Hartford (Ship) > Pictorial works
Pensacola (Screw steamer) > Pictorial works
Brooklyn (Ship) > Pictorial works
Varuna (Ship) > Pictorial works
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations > Pictorial works
Mississippi River > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Pictorial works
Fort Jackson (La.) > Pictorial works
Fort Saint Philip (La.) > Pictorial works
New Orleans (La.) > History > Capture, 1862 > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15567330
- Object ID (OID)
- 2015727
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