Confederate prisoners clearing land-mines, Fort McAllister, Georgia , December 1864, artist's impression, detail

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 10, 2015.

Depicted ContentSherman's March

Depicted ContentNear Savannah, Georgia, Fort McAllister falls to Union troops and Sherman makes contact with the U.S. Navy

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engraving

Original caption

Rebel prisoners, under orders of Gen. Sherman, taking up the torpedoes in front of Fort M'Allister, captured by the Union forces, Dec. 13. - From a sketch by our Special Artsit, W.T. Crane.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 21, 1865, p. 276.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here.