New Bern, North Carolina, April 1862, view from River Neuse, artist's impression

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/20/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 16, 2012.

Depicted ContentNew Bern, NC

Depicted ContentIn New Bern, North Carolina, a reported Confederate attempt to destroy the city by arson fails

Image type

engraving

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Original caption

The War in North Carolina - View of the city of Newberne, captured by the National troops under Gen. Burnside, March 14, from the railroad embankment on the opposite side of the River Neuse - Passage of troops - From a sketch by our special artist, Mr. Schell.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 28, 1862, p. 388.