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The attack on Arkansas Post

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813444


Item data

Title

The attack on Arkansas Post

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1863

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1866

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1863

Subjects

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1863
Arkansas River -- 1863
Fort Hindman (Ark.) -- 1863
Campaigns & battles -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post -- 1863
Gunboats -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post -- 1863
Naval warfare -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post -- 1863
War damage -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post -- 1863

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "The attack on the fort ; The appearance of the casemates before the attack ; Casemate no. 1 destroyed by gun-boat De-Kalb ; Casemate no. 2 destroyed by U.S. gunboat Louisville ; Rear view of casemate no. 2." Printed on border: "Appearance of IX in. gun silenced by the Cincinatti ; Plan of Fort Hindman" Includes additional text.
Source Note: Harper''s pictorial history of the Civil War. (Chicago : Star Publishing Co. 1866) Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson) (1824-1902), Author. Alden, Henry Mills , Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 24 x 35 cm. (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613368
Barcode: 33333159326772
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65c71e20-c532-012f-c243-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1866

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The attack on Arkansas Post" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65c71e20-c532-012f-c243-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866). The attack on Arkansas Post Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65c71e20-c532-012f-c243-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The attack on Arkansas Post" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65c71e20-c532-012f-c243-58d385a7bc34

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