Union Gunboats attacking Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 1862, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Union Gunboats attacking Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 1862, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Brenna McKelvey, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/14/2010

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 16, 2012.

Depicted ContentFort Donelson, TN

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Confederate troops attempt a full-scale break out from the siege of Fort Donelson

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Union troops reinforce the siege of Fort Donelson, while gunboats attack from the river

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Union troops reinforce the siege of Fort Donelson, while gunboats attack from the river

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Gun Boat Attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson - Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, March 15, 1862, p. 164.

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