Size of this preview: 797 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 319 × 240 pixels | 638 × 480 pixels | 1,021 × 768 pixels | 1,280 × 963 pixels | 1,473 × 1,108 pixels.
Original file (1,473 × 1,108 pixels, file size: 373 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
| Description |
TITLE: The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill CALL NUMBER: Stern Collection, v. 4, no. 9 c-Rare Bk Coll REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-92038 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY: Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel "Galena." The print recalls two prominent failures in McClellan's tenure as commander of the Army of the Potomac, which haunted him during the 1864 campaign. The "Galena," a Union ironclad leading a flotilla of Union gunboats against Richmond, was driven back and badly damaged by Confederate batteries just miles from the capital in May 1862. McClellan was criticized for refusing to bring nearby land troops to the navy's aid. Shortly thereafter McClellan's peninsular campaign toward Richmond came to a disastrous conclusion with the Battle of Malvern Hill, shown here raging in the background. McClellan's troops retreated to the protection of naval guns, effectively ending the Union threat to Richmond. The artist shows McClellan viewing the battle through a telescope from his safe perch. He calls to the troops, "Fight on my brave Soldiers and push the enemy to the wall, from this spanker boom your beloved General looks down upon you." MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 26 x 34 cm (image) |
||
| Date | |||
| Source |
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661663/
|
||
| Author | Published by Currier & Ives in 1864 | ||
| Other versions |
|
Licensing
 |
This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.
|
 |
 |
This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.
|
Wikipedia upload log
(All user names refer to en.wikipedia)
- 2006-07-24 04:43 Hlj 1473×1108×8 (382347 bytes) TITLE: The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill CALL NUMBER: Stern Collection, v. 4, no. 9 c-Rare Bk Coll REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-92038 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY: Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lam
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 14:29, 29 March 2007 | | 1,473 × 1,108 (373 KB) | Liftarn | {{Information |Description=TITLE: The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill CALL NUMBER: Stern Collection, v. 4, no. 9 c-Rare Bk Coll REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-92038 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY: Democratic presidential candidate Geor |
File usage
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on cs.wikipedia.org
- Usage on da.wikipedia.org
- Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Usage on hu.wikipedia.org
- Usage on nl.wikipedia.org
- Usage on no.wikipedia.org
- Usage on pl.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
- Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
