Union Gunboats attacking Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 1862, artist's impression, detail

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Scanned by

Brenna McKelvey, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/14/2010

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 16, 2012.

Depicted ContentIn Tennessee, Confederate troops attempt a full-scale break out from the siege of Fort Donelson

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Gun Boat Attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson - Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, March 15, 1862, p. 164.

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