Sujet

Lieutenant Cushing's attack on the 'Albemarle', c1880. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Lieutenant William B Cushing's attack on the 'Albemarle', 1864 (c1880). The 'Albemarle' was a Confederate ironclad warship that operated in the coastal waters of North Carolina during the American Civil War. In 1864 she controlled the approaches to Plymouth, North Carolina on the Roanoke River until she was sunk by Cushing in a daring night attack using a small steam launch armed with a torpedo. 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_370

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (5,6Mo) / 41,3cm x 30,3cm / 4878 x 3583 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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