Illustrations of Fort Walker and naval battle scenes from The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War

Title:

Illustrations of Fort Walker and naval battle scenes from The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War

Date:

1885

Creator (Personal):

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

Description:

The illustration on the front page is captioned 'Interior of Fort Walker, at Hilton Head, immediately after its bombardment and evacuation'. The damage to the fort is in the foreground while in the background, sailing ships with small rowboats can be seen. On the verso are more illustrations. The top picture is captioned "Banks division crossing the Potomac previous to the Battle of Ball's Bluff." The left picture is captioned "Sinking of the peerless in a gale and rescue of the crew." The right illustration is captioned "Perilous position of a transport." The bottom picture is captioned "Capture of the steamer 'Fanny' by three Confederate steamers off Chicamicomica, N.C."

Collection Title:

Illustrated Newspaper Clippings, 1840-1917

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Topical Subject:

Shipwrecks, Naval history, Warships, and Military history

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

MSS 0105

Date Digital:

2019-05

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 12000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

246394