A 10-inch Columbiad mounted as a mortar at Fort Sumter
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Item data
Title
A 10-inch Columbiad mounted as a mortar at Fort Sumter
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1861
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1866 (Questionable)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1861
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1861
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861
Cannons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Forts & fortifications -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Military personnel -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Genres
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
Tear and abrasion on image ; transparent adhesive tape at center bottom.
Extent: 1 print : b ; 22 x 33 cm. (8 1/2 x 13 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168674
Barcode: 33333159320411
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d778c660-c531-012f-ee2f-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
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. "A 10-inch Columbiad mounted as a mortar at Fort Sumter" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d778c660-c531-012f-ee2f-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866). A 10-inch Columbiad mounted as a mortar at Fort Sumter Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d778c660-c531-012f-ee2f-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A 10-inch Columbiad mounted as a mortar at Fort Sumter" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d778c660-c531-012f-ee2f-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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