Rebel defences Mobile Alabama occupied by Union forces under Maj Gen ERS Canby, Alabama – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Rebel defences Mobile Alabama occupied by Union forces under Maj Gen ERS Canby, Alabama in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Rebel defences Mobile Alabama occupied by Union forces under Maj Gen ERS Canby, Alabama
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few Civil War images show the defenses of Mobile from above, and this bird's-eye view depicts the Confederate works that Union forces took under Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby in April 1865. Mobile had been cut off from the open Gulf since Adm. David Farragut's fleet won Mobile Bay in August 1864, but the city held out until the last weeks of the war. Panoramic maps like this one, drawn from an imagined high vantage point, let viewers trace the fortifications, streets and waterfront together. Its value lies in showing how the city and its outer lines of earthworks related to one another at the moment the Confederacy's final Gulf stronghold fell.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Alabama |
| Original scan | 6,485 × 3,875 px · prints to 22 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | Rebel defences, Mobile, Alabama, occupied by Union forces under Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby comdg. Engraved in the Engineer Department. S. Geismar, lith. |
More from the The South collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
