DESCRIPTION: SOLD
Attractive color lithograph of the 4808-ton U.S. Navy steam screw frigate Wabash. The Wabash was launched from Philadelphia Navy Yard in October 1855. During 1861 Wabash blockaded the Confederacy's Atlantic Coast and engaged in the capture of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, and Port Royal, South Carolina. The Wabash was flagship of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, an active force in the Blockade of Charleston, S.C., in 1862-64. She paricipated in the December 1864 and January 1865 assaults on Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
From Charles Boynton's "The History of the Navy during the Rebellion". Printed by Major and Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing, and Lithograph Company, 71 Broadway, New York.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1869
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Very good.
Clean and sound.
COLORING: Lithograph coloring.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 7
" x
4 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0
PRICE: $
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