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The "Swamp Angel", Battle of Fort Wagner

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813393


Item data

Title

The "Swamp Angel", Battle of Fort Wagner

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

Morris Island, Battle of, S.C., 1863 (July 10-September 7)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1863
Fort Wagner (S.C.) -- 1863
Campaigns & battles -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1863
Cannons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1863
Wetlands -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1863

Genres

Prints

Notes

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: 15 x 24 cm. (6 x 9 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613368
Barcode: 33333159326269
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3269650-c532-012f-0981-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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 "Swamp Angel", Battle of Fort Wagner" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3269650-c532-012f-0981-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866). The "Swamp Angel", Battle of Fort Wagner Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3269650-c532-012f-0981-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The "Swamp Angel", Battle of Fort Wagner" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a3269650-c532-012f-0981-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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