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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02881.30 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Currier & Ives Civil War prints |
| Title | Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862 |
| Date | ca. 1862 |
| Author | Currier & Ives (1834-1907) |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "By the Federal Forces, under command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and Gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough." Shows Union soldiers, dressed in blue uniforms, charging up the beach toward earthen embankments. Boats float in the background. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Art, Music, Theater, and Film Union Forces Navy Union General |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The Battle of Roanoke Island, 7-8 February 1862, was an incident in the North Carolina Expedition of January to July 1862, when Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside landed an amphibious force and took Confederate forts on the island. Afterwards, the three Confederate forts on the island were renamed for the Union generals who had commanded the winning forces: Fort Huger became Fort Reno; Fort Blanchard became Fort Parke; and Fort Bartow became Fort Foster. Roanoke Island remained under Union occupation for the duration of the war. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |