Sujet
Night march on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, c1861 (c1880). Artist: Unknown
Légende
Night march on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, c1861 (c1880). Harper's Ferry was the site of a federal armoury. In 1859 the abolitionist John Brown attacked the armoury in an attempt to acquire weapons to start an armed uprising against slavery in the southern states. When Virginia seceded from the Union in April 1861 the federal soldiers attempted to burn the arsenal down and destroy its machinery, without success. The town was in a strategically important position and changed hands eight times during the Civil War. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1880
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C49_323
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (7,0Mo) / 27,9cm x 44,9cm / 3295 x 5301 (300dpi)