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Creator Role

printmaker

Description

The etching depicts a scene where Confederate watch from a distance as Union troops construct a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863

Description Source

Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90710019 (accessed June 20, 2018).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Earliest

1861

Latest

1865

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1861-1892

Measurement

8 X 9 3/4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

etching on paper

Inscription

Recto, above image at left: 29

Subjects

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons; Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Work Type

Print

Class

prints

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

4842

Digital ID

FVW_04842.29

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Vicksburg Canal (from Confederate War Etchings)

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