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Print, Bombardment of Fort Hindman
Print, Bombardment of Fort Hindman
Print, Bombardment of Fort Hindman
Print, Bombardment of Fort Hindman

Print, Bombardment of Fort Hindman

Object number1984.048.02
Dateca 1890
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 15 5/8 in. (24.1 x 39.7 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionBlack and white wood engraving "The Investment of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark., By the Federal troops under General McClermand, and its bombardment by the federal gunboats commanded by Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, January 11, 1863"
    A page from a book or magazine poorly cut out, small rips repaired with tape at the top center.
    On reverse, 2 wood engravings. One, caption cut off (bottom). Top: a detatchment of the 1st S. Carolina "colored" Federal Volunteers, under command of Col. Beard, in the U.S. transport steamer "Darlington" picking off Confederate sharpshooters concealed in the trees on the banks of the Sapelo River, Ga.

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