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Looking into Corinth from Farmington
circa 1862
A preliminary sketch of a landscape with partially drawn cannons in the foreground and tents in the background.
General Rosecranz / Battle at Corinth
October 3, 1862
"General Rosecranz and staff huredly [sic] erecting earthworks during the Battle at Corinth. The enemy driving in our lines." Men are on horses on a battlefield, and a cannon is on the field. Soldi...
Battery G, 1st Ohio Pickets near Farmington
circa 1862-04 -- 1862-04
"Battery G, 1st Ohio Pickets near Farmington". A picket (a detachment of one or more troops) shown in a woodland setting. There is a log building with a cannon in the foreground with several soldie...
"Benton," Com. Foote's Flagship
1862
The USS "Benton" was an "ironclad" ship which served as Capt. Andrew Hull Foote's flagship during the March 1862 assault on Island No. 10.
Preliminary Sketch — Hamburg Landing
circa 1862
This is the preliminary sketch for "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." Shows an encampment with soldiers along the river. A steamboat is...
Battle of Fort Donelson
February 15, 1862
"The 2nd and 7th Iowa and the 52nd Indiana headed by General Smith storming up the rebel works at Fort Donelson causing its surrender to General Grant the next morning." The sketch includes soldie...
