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Creator Role
engraver artist
Description
The engraving features a black and white scene from the Baltimore Riot of 1861, a civil uprising between Confederate sympathizers and members of the primarily Massachusetts state militia regiment en route to the national capital at Washington. The engraving originally appeared in The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War In The United States of America. This particular copy was removed from the bound volume.
Description Source
Worthpoint. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1881-steel-engraving-attack-1865264319 (accessed June 18, 2018).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Earliest
1881
Latest
1882
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1881 or 1882
Measurement
5 1/2 X 8 3/4 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
ink on paper
Subjects
Massachusetts. Militia. Regiment, 6th. Company; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Work Type
Engraving
Class
prints
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
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
2251
Digital ID
FVW_02251
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.