Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This is a black and white illustration of Rear-Admiral Silas H. Stringham, an officer of the United States Navy who commanded the Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the beginning of the American Civil War. Stringham is depicted as standing with his right hand gripping his belt and his left hand resting beside his sword. He's wearing a dark, double-breasted military uniform with shoulder boards on the shoulders and embroidered strips on the cuffs of his coat. "Rear-Admiral Silas H. Stringham" is captioned below the illustration. This illustration is from volume five of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
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.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Stringham, Silas Horton, 1798 – 1876
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V5_Rear-Admiral-Silas-H-Stringham_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 49
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
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.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, Silas H. Stringham" (1890). Images. 266.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/266