The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2002.110.0 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society

Forward March!

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Phelps & Watson American, 1859 - 1864

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 1/4 x 13 1/16in. (21 x 33.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/16 x 13 5/8in. (24 x 34.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionA Civil War cartoon depicting two ironclads steaming up a river. Both vessels have the heads and wings of hens. Smoke issues from two smokestacks on each ship, and large American flags fly from their sterns. Soldiers in ranks, some with rifles, some on horseback, and some driving horses drawings cannons on caissons advance along the river banks on either side, beneath the chickens' outspread wings. Trees, including evergreen trees, are on the left and right. The buildings and steeples of a large city are in the background. A third small steamboat, possibly a third ironclad, is in the river nearby.

Object number2002.110.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "FORWARD MARCH! / Uncle Sam's old Hens covering their chickens onthe way to Richmond."

On verso, accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.NotesSubject Note: The title indicates that this print represents the protection afforded a Union advance on Richmond by Union navy iron clads. It may reflect the spring, 1862 advance of the James River Flotilla under the command of Commander J. Rogers. The flotilla was able to advance to within eight miles of Richard before it was turned back at Drewry's Battery. It could also represent Grant's drive on Richmond in November 1864, also supported by the James River Flotilla. (Christopher Lane, 9/10/2002)

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