Caption
Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee: an attack by Union gunboats under Commodore Andrew H. Foote on the Confederate Fort Henry on 6 February 1862 during the American Civil War. In the foreground are the armoured and wooden gunboats of the US Navy (including the Cincinnati, St. Louis, Carondelet, Essex, Lexington, Conestoga and Tyler) can be seen firing, an authentic, digitally restored high-resolution reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, American history, historical
Date
Aug 17, 2026
Credit line
Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK26I04_214
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
37.8Mb (12.6Mb) / 15.4in x 9.6in / 4612 x 2865 (300dpi)