Title

Gideon Welles, US Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, 1862-1867. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Gideon Welles, US Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, 1862-1867. Welles (1802-1878) oversaw a buildup in the strength of the Union Navy which enabled it to successfully enforce a blockade of the Confederacy's ports, one of the decisive factors in bringing about the Union's eventual victory in the Civil War. An engraving from volume I of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1862

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C24_368

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (3,1Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3432 x 5111 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men politics country guy war chair union location century furniture concept seated B&W MONOCHROME politician Republican United States of America United States 19th century black & white black and white B W American Civil War nineteenth century statesman American America USA The Print Collector Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles engraving portrait Unknown Gideon Welles engraving portrait