Object Details
- copyright holder; publisher
- Chandler, H. S.
- Punderson & Crisand
- Description
- On August 5th, 1862, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge launched an attack on the Union-occupied capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge. In this print, Confederate regiments fight on towards the Union lines, braving fire from federal batteries. As the overpowered Federal forces retreated back towards the city, the Union commander, Brigadier General Thomas Williams, was killed. His subordinate, Colonel Thomas Cahill, took charge, moving the Union troops into range of protective fire from Federal gunboats positioned in the Mississippi River. A Confederate ironclad, the CSS Arkansas, was supposed to provide naval support, but its engines failed upon reaching the battle, forcing its crew to abandon ship. The print presents a birds-eye-view of the battlefield and town, and a key in the margin identifies several landmarks in the city, including the Louisiana State Capitol, the city’s “deaf, dumb & blind asylum,” and the former residence of President Zachary Taylor. Five Union ships are stationed outside of the city on the river, including a riverboat, two gunboats, the sloop of war Mississippi, and the ironclad Essex, which fires upon the approaching Confederate regiments.
- The print was published by the New Haven, Connecticut firm of Punderson & Crisand, a partnership of Lemuel S. Punderson and Emil Crisand. The company specialized in lithography and commercial printing. The publisher of the work was H.S. Chandler, who was based in New York and mainly produced advertisements.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- 1862
- ID Number
- DL.60.3264
- catalog number
- 60.3264
- Object Name
- Lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Measurements
- image: 8 1/4 in x 15 1/8 in; 20.955 cm x 38.4175 cm
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, New Haven
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- American Civil War Prints
- Art
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Civil War
- Architecture
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- Chronology: 1860-1869
- Architecture, Domestic Buildings
- depicted
- Battle Scenes
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_325510
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-1e35-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
