Confederate raiders fighting in the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, August 21, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Confederate raiders fighting in the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, August 21, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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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 ContentMemphis, TN

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

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Forrest's raid into Memphis - Rebel attack on the Irving Prison. - Sketched by George H. Ellsbury.

Source citation

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

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