Civil War Drawings Collection. Battle of Lookout Mountain, part of the Battle of Chattanooga, 23-25 November 1863: William S. Rosecrans chased General Braxton Bragg to Chattanooga in the Tullahoma Campaign. At the end of the Tullahoma Campaign, Rosecrans sat to the west of Lookout Mountain and bluffed Bragg by moving a small group of men northeast of the city. Bragg withdrew and after Rosecrans regrouped for 6 weeks he ordered his men through the mountain passes, first of Sand Mountain (Lookout Mountain's similarly shaped neighbor to the west), then Lookout Mountain. As the Army of the Cumberland came out of the passes in Lookout Mountain they ran into Bragg's Army of Tennessee. Rosecrans, realizing his mistake, began a desperate move to the relative safety of Chattanooga. As he sidled north on the Lafayette-Chattanooga Road, Bragg launched an all-out offensive. The Army of the Cumberland suffered the worst defeat of any Army in the history of the United States at Chickamauga in the shadow of Lookout Mountain. After the battle Bragg's men occupied the entire length of the mountain, which they use to observe the remnants of the Union Army now stranded and besieged in Chattanooga. General Rosecrans was replaced by General Ulysses S. Grant, whose rising star was about to shine beneath Lookout Mountain. Grant called on his old friend William Tecumseh Sherman to break the Rebel siege of Chattanooga. On the face of Lookout Mountain the three-day conflict began with General Joseph Hooker forming a line from Lookout Creek at the bottom of the mountain to a point just below the top of the mountain. He then swept along the side of the mountain in an operation known today as "Battle Above the Clouds." General Hooker did not try to assault the weakly defended top of the mountain. Two days later the Union Army routed Bragg's Confederates on nearby Missionary Ridge.

Civil War Drawings Collection. The verso sketch of two figures are likely Capt. Bailey and his Midshipman entering New Orleans. From the NY Times Obituary of Admiral Theodorus Bailey (1805-1877): It was to Capt. Bailey that New-Orleans was surrendered. He went ashore, accompanied only by a Midshipman, and passed directly to the City Hall, where he met Gen. Mansfield Lovell, the rebel commander, who surrendered his sword to him. Capt. Bailey then ordered the Stars and Stripes to be hoisted over the City Halland other buildings, and on his way back to his ship had the pleasure of seeing the national banner again floating over the Crescent City. [NYT 11 February 1877, p. 6]

Civil War Drawings Collection. In 1863, the Union Army began operations designed to reduce Fort Sumter, so that the U.S. Navy could enter Charleston harbor and capture the city. On July 10, Federal forces on Folly Island, South Carolina, crossed Light House Inlet and landed by boats on the southern tip of Morris Island. Two unsuccessful infantry assaults were made against Fort Wagner, the second assault being led by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. On July 21, General Quincy Adams Gillmore began laying down batteries for the bombardment of Fort Sumter and Fort Wagner. Later a battery was created for guns to bombard the city of Charleston. The campaign against Charleston Harbor was successful by many measurements. Morris Island was occupied, Fort Sumter was reduced, and the presence of Federal batteries sweeping the main channel into the harbor, effectively closed Charleston as a port for blockade runners. However, the long struggle on Morris Island gave the Confederates time to strengthen the harbor's other defensive works, and the U.S. Navy did not enter Charleston Harbor until after General William T. Sherman's advance through South Carolina finally forced the Confederates to evacuate the city on February 17, 1865.

Civil War Drawings Collection. Union troops advanced on Atlanta between May and September 1864; this scene was probably drawn in July or August. The artist was Dr. J.S. Trepler of the 73rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland. 73rd Pennsylvania Troop Movements, 1864: Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864 Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8 Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11 Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8 Battle of Resaca May 14-15 Near Cassville May 19 New Hope Church May 25 Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5 Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2 Pine Hill June 11-14 Lost Mountain June 15-17 Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15 Muddy Creek June 17 Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22 Assault on Kennesaw June 27 Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4 Chattahoochie River July 5-17 Peach Tree Creek July 19-20 Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25 Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2 Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15 Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29 Near Atlanta November 9 March to the sea November 15-December 10 Siege of Savannah December 10-21

Civil War Drawings Collection. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 17 May 1862 (XIV:342):53, with the title "Burnside Expedition--Incidents of War, No.2-- Scene at Newbern--Drumming a Coward Out of Camp." Also used in Harper's Weekly, June 28, 1862, slightly altered foreground, as "DRUMMING OUT OF A COWARD FROM GENERAL BURNSIDE'S ARMY.", pg. 412, accompanied by the following article, pg. 411: "CAMP PUNISHMENTS. ON page 412 we illustrate two of the punishments adopted in our army. One of the pictures represents the DRUMMING OUT OF A COWARD FROM GENERAL BURNSIDE'S ARMY. The fellow was marched through the lines between a file of soldiers, with his head cropped, and a large placard "coward" affixed to his back, while the band played the "Rogue's March."

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Civil War Drawings Collection. The area surrounding Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island, in what now is Port Royal Plantation, became a thriving port. Its main street, known as "Robbers Row," boasted three hotels with reputations for quality that reportedly rivaled that of similar establishments at Newport, Rhode Island. Elaborate meals could be obtained at several saloons.

Civil War Drawings Collection. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 25 January 1862 (XII:322):148-157[sic 149], as "Exterior View of the Fortifications Erected by the Federal Troops at Hilton Head near Port Royal, S.C.--From a sketch by our Special Artist W. H.[sic T.] Crane". Accompanying article: "Volunteers Going to Work on Hilton Head Fortifications", p. 149, with another print. Also reproduced in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes, 1896.

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