Confederate raiders attempt the capture of Union generals, Memphis, Tennessee, August 21, 1864, artist's impression

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Scanned by: 

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date: 

07/12/2013

Notes: 

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 25, 2014.

Depicted content: 

• In Tennessee, Confederate General Forrest's cavalry makes a daring raid into the streets of Union-held Memphis
• Memphis, TN

Image type: 

engraving

Original caption: 

Forrest's raid into Memphis - Escape of General Washburne. - Sketched by George H. Ellsbury.

Source citation: 

Harper's Weekly Magazine, September 10, 1864, p. 588.