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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
Contributing Institution	Chicago History Museum
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
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