Title

Attack Upon Roanoke Island - Landing of the Troops', (1878).

Caption

'Attack Upon Roanoke Island - Landing of the Troops', (1878). The Battle of Roanoke Island, the opening phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War. In February 1862, Union troops commanded by General Ambrose Burnside landed on the island in North Carolina, and captured three forts from the Confederates. From "Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time", Volume 3, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson & Miles, New York, 1878]

Date

1878

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F13_247

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 19,7in x 12,3in / 5908 x 3678 (300dpi)

Keywords

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