24 May 1862: “Capture of Fort Macon” and “The End of the Merrimac”

Item: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, XIV:334 (24 May 1862), cover. (Hand-colored at later date.)

Two illustrations on cover with following captions:

Top: CAPTURE OF FORT MACON—COMPANIES A AND B OF THE 5TH RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT COVERING THE WORKING PARTIES WHILE CONSTRUCTING CAPT. MORRIS’S THREE PARROTT GUN SIEGE BATTERIES. FROM A SKETCH BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST, J. H. SCHELL.

Bottom: THE END OF THE MERRIMAC—DESTRUCTION OF THE REBEL IRON-CLAD STEAMER MERRIMAC, BLOWN UP BY ITS COMMANDER, ON THE MORNING OF MAY 11.—FROM A SKETCH TAKEN AT SEWELL’S POINT.

Citation: North Carolina County Photographic Collection (P0001), Flat Box 1, folder P0001/0188.  North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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