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The Great Naval Battle Opposite the City of Memphis
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File Name
shades_chm_0001.tif
Creator
Simplot
,
Alexander
Title
The
Great
Naval
Battle
Opposite
the
City
of
Memphis
Alternate Title
Great Naval Battle at Memphis (Tenn.)
Date
1862-06-06
Genre
Paintings
Material/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.25
x
42.125
inches
Description
The
scene
depicts
Confederate
and
Union
ships
in the
midst
of
aa
naval
battle
. In the
foreground
two
ships
fire
upon
each
other
and
groupings
of
fighting
ships
are
visible
at the
left
,
background
and
right
, with
one
Confederate
ship
sinking
at
right
. In the
far
background
is
a
cityscape
.
Historical note
Alexander
Simplot
,
1837-1914
, was a "
special
artist
"
who
traveled
with
Union
forces
from
1861-1863
. The
painting
shows
a
Union
ironclad
Monarch
,
one
of
five
in the
battle
, in the
foreground
firing
on
Confederate
Beauregard
,
which
was a
remodeled
steamboat
with
cannons
on the
open-deck
. Of the
eight
Confederate
steamboats
,
all
but
one
was
lost
. A
pencil
sketch
of this
naval
battle
, also by
Simplot
, was
reproduced
as an
engraving
in
Harper's
Weekly
28
June
1862
.
Subject
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Naval
operations
Theme
Visualizing the War
Story
Orlando Poe
Tags
Naval
warfare
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Memphis
Time period
1860-1869
Language
eng
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
Chicago
History
Museum
,
http://www.chicagohs.org/.
Identifier
P&S-1932.0031
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Chicago History Museum
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,63
Archival file
shades3/shades_chm_0001.tif
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