The bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. Jany. 15th 1865 – Historic Print
![The bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. Jany. 15th 1865, [New York] : Currier & Ives, [between ca. 1865 and 1907] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/52/528175e87907-L.webp)
(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.)
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A window into the past: The bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. Jany. 15th 1865, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. Jany. 15th 1865
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The assault on Fort Fisher, the sprawling earthwork guarding the mouth of the Cape Fear River, was one of the largest joint operations of the Civil War. By early 1865, Wilmington was the last major Confederate port where blockade runners could still bring in supplies, so the fort's fall was a serious blow to the South. This print shows the combined naval bombardment and land attack of January 15, 1865, when Union sailors and soldiers stormed the works and took the fort that night. Currier & Ives issued many battle scenes like this for a public eager for war news, and the hand coloring adds vivid detail to the smoke, gunfire, and fighting.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, [between ca. 1865 and 1907] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand col. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0656. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,119 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174114 |
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