General View of Bombardment of Fort Bartow, Roanoke Island, North Carolina

Item Information

Title:
General View of Bombardment of Fort Bartow, Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Description:
Naval scene.
Creator:
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
Date:
February 8, 1862
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Bombardment--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899
Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862--Pictorial works
Ships--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899
Pictorial works--Fort Bartow (N.C. : Fort)
History--Pictorial works--1861--1865--North Carolina
History--Pictorial works--Capture, 1862--Roanoke Island (N.C.)
Places:
North Carolina > Carteret (county) > Atlantic Beach
North Carolina > Craven (county) > Manteo
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4870
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Vertical folds; stains at left and right margins; pin hole at left margin; ripping along central fold at bottom margin.
Original drawing location: CW-FHS-NC-2/8/62c (Box 8.)
Physical description of original: Graphite on shiny laid paper ; 5.25 x 19 in.
Recto: "Cloudy sky -- Cirro stratus // Rebel fleet // Chevaux de frise & sunken vessels in channel // Stars and stripes // Ranger // Vidette // Hunchback tug boat // Fort Bartow -- Barracks burning // Packet // Gun ship // Louisianna // Hetzel // Delaware // Water tolerably rough // General view of bombardment of Fort Bartow, Roanoke Island Croatan Sound, N.C."
Verso: [different hand?] "Run down stairs. // M[?]."
Identifier:
2345/4870
81489124650001021
99137908258801021
Call #:
E468.7