BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, NEAR FORT WRIGHT, MAY 10TH 1862. [TWO ADDITONAL LINES OF TEXT, EIGHT KEYS ABOVE TITLE, AND COPYRIGHT LINE BELOW ALL TEXT.]
Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862. [two additonal lines of text, eight keys above title, and copyright line below all text.]
Lithograph with handcoloring, 1862
Small folio - image size 7 3/4 x 12 1/2" (197 x 316 mm).
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 22279
Price: $650.00 Publisher : Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. New York. Title continues "By the Union Flotilla of 6 Gunboats, commanded by Com. C. H. Davis; and the Rebel fleet of 8 Iron-clads, under Hollis._ The action lasted one hour. : Two the the Rebel gunboats were blown up, and one sunk, when the remainder retired precipitately under the guns of the fort." Keys above title from left to right "Mallory." "Louisiana, Ram." "Cincinnati" "Benton." "Cairo." "Carondelet." "St. Louis." "Conestoga (wooden)". Currier & Ives , Historical , Civil War