Burning and Explosion of the Rebel Gunboat Curlew, Croatan Sound

Item Information

Title:
Burning and Explosion of the Rebel Gunboat Curlew, Croatan Sound
Description:
Naval scene.
Creator:
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
Date:
February 9, 1862
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862--Pictorial works
Curlew (Gunboat)--Explosion, Feb. 9, 1862--Pictorial works
Demolition, Military--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899
Pictorial works--Croatan Sound (N.C.)
History--Pictorial works--1861--1865--North Carolina
Places:
North Carolina
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4872
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Vertical and horizontal folds; signs of crumpling at upper margin; glue stains at upper right.
Original drawing location: CW-FHS-NC-2/9/62 (Box 8.)
Physical description of original: Graphite on blue-lined laid paper ; 7.75 x 9.75 in.
Recto: "Burning and explosion of the magazine of the rebel gunboat Curlew, on the western shore of Croatan Sound opposite Fort Huger, evening of Saturday -- Feb 9th -- this was the best of the rebel gunboats & seemed to have run ashore & so prevent her falling into the hands of the "yankees" she was destroyed. The rebel battery which was located near the scene of the conflagration is now in our possession. See dailies. // [Signed] F.H.S."
Verso: No text.
Identifier:
2345/4872
81489124650001021
99137908257701021
Call #:
E468.7