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Capture of Fort Fisher, charge of marines on the traverse

Description
Image of soldiers firing on Union forces as they attempt to take over the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher; Confederate troops fire a large cannon as Union soldiers break through a barricade; ships along the coast visible in background.
Type
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Date
©1887
Call number
priJLC_PRG_002022
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Allen, Grace Barton. (1823-1903.)
Anderson, Sophie, (1815-1885.)
Ansdell, Richard, (1822-1898.)
Bartholomew, William N. (1842-)
Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, (1830-1902.)
Bierstadt, Albert, (1837-1908.)
Bleischwitz, J. (1834-1923.)
Bonsall, M. W. (1831-1913.)
Borsigian, B. H. (1850-1936.)
Bricher, Alfred Thompson, (1817-1907.)
Bridges, Fidelia, (1842-1924.)
Brown, John George, (1816-1890.)
Brown, Matilda. (1489?-1534.)
Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta, (1853-1894.)
Bruith, A. (1832-1895.)
Callowhill, James. (1822-1895.)
Callowhill, Sidney. (1819-1914.)
Chamberlin, Grace M. (1796-1886.)
Champney, Benjamin, (1824 or 1825-1896.)
Church, Frederick S. (1838-1874.)
Comins, Elizabeth B. (-1900.)
Coomans, J. (1850-1913.)
Correggio, (1811-1894.)
Cruickshank, W. (1828-1901.)
Davidson, Julian Oliver, (1829-1908.)
De Haas, Mauritz Frederik Hendrik, (1859-1952.)
Dougal, William H., (1824-1906.)
Duffield, Mary Elizabeth, (1864-1931.)
Durand, A. B. (1832-1920.)
Edmonds, S. C. (1861-1929.)
Eglau, (1839-1908.)
Fausel, D. (1802-1873.)
Ferguson, H. A. (1855-1911.)
Field, L. B. (1813-1886.)
Fisher, Ellen T. (active 1857-1875.)
Fortuny, Mariano, (1840-1901.)
Gifford, John, (1854-1913.)
Girardet, Eugene. (1853-1921.)
Granbery, V. (1840-1902.)
Harlow, Louis K. (1837-1898.)
Harring, W. (1851-1919.)
Hart, James McDougal, (1842-1935.)
Hart, Mary Theresa. (1854-1932.)
Hatfield (1850-)
Hill, Thomas, (1782 or 1783-1841.)
Hills, Laura Coombs, (1849-1924.)
Johnson, Eastman, (-1929.)
Jourdain, Henri, (1857-1926.)
Key, John Ross, (1861-1945.)
Klein, Catharina, (1829-1906.)
Knobel, Edward, (1819-1905.)
Landseer, Edwin, (1848-1930.)
Lautenberger, Ferd. (1847-1915.)
Lee, J. (1808-1887.)
Longpré, Paul de, (1840-1902.)
Marecek, Frank J. (1839-1923.)
Mazzanovich, J. (1846-1919.)
Metz, Aug. C. (1844-1919.)
Meyer, A. C. (1852-1923.)
Meyer, Johann Georg,
Moore, Nina,
Moradei, Arturo,
Moser, James Henry,
Murphy, John Francis,
Nast, Thomas,
Niles, George E.,
Nowak, E.,
Nowell, Annie C.
Ochtman, Leonard.
Palmer, Walter Launt,
Parker, Elizabeth F.
Parsons, A. Wilde.
Penniman, John Ritto,
Pilule.
Pope, Alexander,
Post, May Audubon,
Rebholtz, WIlliam.
Rhead, Louis,
Rigby, Burnham.
Rigolot, A.
Robinson, Will S.,
Ryan, C.
Sandorff, G.
Schroeder, Friedrich
Stone, Benjamin Bellows Grant,
Stumm, Maud.
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam,
Thulstrup, Thure de,
Turner, Ross,
Tyler, James G.
Wyngaerdt, A. J. van
Vibert, J. G.
Wagner, E.
Wagner, K.
Waugh, Ida,
Welch, Thaddeus,
Wells, Newton A.
Whitney, Olive E.
Associated organizations
Annin & Smith.
Bee Publishing Co.
C.C. Corbett & Co.
J.E. Purdy & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
L. Prang & Co.
Lamson, Wolffe & Co.
National Bank Note Company.
Prang Company.
Prang Educational Company.
Scientific Pub. Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Taber Prang Art Co.
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