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General Pope's Division at the Levee, Cairo, Junction of the Mississippi & Ohio rivers on its way from New Madrid to Reinforce General Halleck, near Corinth.
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File Name
shadesharv_0002a.jpg; shades_harv_0002b.jpg
Creator
Vizetelly
,
Frank
(1830-1883)
Title
General
Pope's
Division
at the
Levee
,
Cairo
,
Junction
of the
Mississippi
&
Ohio
rivers
on its
way
from
New
Madrid
to
Reinforce
General
Halleck
,
near
Corinth
.
Date
1862
Genre
Drawings
Material/Technique
pencil, crayon, and Chinese white on brown paper
Image Note
Published as wood engraving in Illustrated London News, 31 May 1862
Description
Steamer
ships
at
dock
at
mid-distance
,
river
and
other
shore
in
far
distance
.
Soldiers
and
rail
car
on
dock
in
foreground
.
Boats
are the
new
Uncle
Sam
,
Yankee
, and
Aleck
Scott
.
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also
includes
sketches
of: a "
Western
soldier
", "
Labourer
on
levee
", and a "
loafer
", with the
note
, "These to
fill
up
with.
"
Historical note
Frank
Vizetelly
was a
British
artist
and
war
reporter
for the
Illustrated
London
News
. This
drawing
,
which
was
done
on or
about
April
20
,
1862
,
comes
from a
collection
in
Harvard
University's
Houghton
Library
(MS
Am
1585)
that
includes
29
Civil
War
drawings
. This
image
of
steamboats
at
Cairo
,
Illinois
, on the
Mississippi
River
,
depicts
Kentucky
Brigadier
General
John
Pope's
Union
army
troops
provisioning
before
heading
south
to
Mississippi
.
It
was
published
on
May
31
,
1862
(p
.
554
,
volume
40
,
no
.
1147)
in the
Illustrated
London
News
.
Subject
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Military
personnel
;
United
States
--
History
--
Civil
War
,
1861-1865
--
Art
and the
war
Theme
Visualizing the War
Story
Photographers and special artists
Geographic Location
United
States--Illinois--Cairo
Time period
1860-1869
Rights
Images
reproduced
on this
website
are
intended
for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
the
Houghton
Library
,
Harvard
University
.
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,113
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