Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, & Hygeia Hotel, Va. in 1861 & 1862--The key to the South / Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co. – Historic Reproduction
(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: Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, & Hygeia Hotel, Va. in 1861 & 1862--The key to the South / Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, & Hygeia Hotel, Va. in 1861 & 1862--The key to the South / Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co.
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This bird's-eye view shows Fortress Monroe at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, together with the Hygeia Hotel beside it, and its title, "The key to the South," reflects the fort's strategic role. Fortress Monroe guarded the entrance to Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay, and it remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War, becoming an important base for Northern forces on the Virginia Peninsula. The lithograph was drawn and printed by E. Sachse & Co. and published in Washington by C. Bohn in 1862, so it reflects the wartime interest in a place that had become a symbol of Union control in the Tidewater region.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : C. Bohn, c1862. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by E. Sachse & Co. |
| Subjects | Forts & fortifications--Virginia--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,436 × 1,148 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219148 |
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