The Battle of Newbern, N.C. March 14th. 1862.
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
(American, 1840 - 1867)
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
(American, 1840 - 1867)
PublisherPublished by
F. P. Whiting
(American, born 1840)
Date1862
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 13 3/16in. (22.2 x 33.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14 1/16in. (25.4 x 35.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
Object number1948.13.21
DescriptionUnion infantry, led by two officers on horseback, advance from the left. Most men hold rifles with fixed bayonets. Some men hold swords. One man holds an American flag. A shell bursts in the center foreground. Men and a horse fall, wounded or dead. At the far right, additional men in Union army uniforms fire from behind tree trunks. In the background, Union troops advance while Confederate troops retreat. A passenger train drawn by a locomotive and the buildings of a city are in the right background. A forest is in the left background, partially hidden by smoke.
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