Capture of Fort Fisher – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures Capture of Fort Fisher in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Capture of Fort Fisher
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Fort Fisher, the earthwork stronghold guarding the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, is the subject of this color print, published in Chicago by Kurz & Allison in 1890. The fort mattered because it protected Wilmington, the last major Confederate port still open to blockade runners. Union naval and army forces under Admiral David D. Porter and General Alfred H. Terry captured it in January 1865 after a heavy bombardment and assault, which closed that supply route. Issued a quarter century after the war, chromolithographs like this one catered to veterans and a public that wanted dramatic battle scenes.
| Created / published | Chicago : Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, 1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs 1890. |
| Subjects | Campaigns & battles--North Carolina--Fort Fisher--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,094 × 1,673 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215879 |
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