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Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh
| Engraving of Pittsburg Landing taken from a photograph a few days after the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. The image shows six steamers docked at Pittsburg Landing located on the Tennessee River. Image caption: "of the six transports, the one farthest up stream, on the right, is the Tycoon, which was dispatched by the Cincinnati Branch of the Sanitary Commission with stores for the wounded. The next steamer is the Tigress, which was General Grant's headquarters boat during the Shiloh campaign. On the opposite side of the river is seen the gun-boat Tyler." |
| Image ID: | 87479 |
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| Creation Date: | 1887 |
| Creator Name: | Davidson, J. O. |
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| Collection Name: | Library Collection |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | E470 B34 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6 x 6 inches |
| From "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," New York: The Century Co., 1887, Vol. 1, p. 489. |
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| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Transportation, Military |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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