Drawing
Battle of Fort Donelson
| "The 2nd and 7th Iowa and the 52nd Indiana headed by General Smith storming up the rebel works at Fort Donelson causing its surrender to General Grant the next morning." The sketch includes soldiers on a battlefield, men on horseback pulling a wagon with a cannon and some wounded and dying soldiers. |
| Image ID: | 32932 |
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| Creation Date: | 02 15 1862 |
| Creator Name: | Simplot, Alexander |
| City: | Dover |
| County: | |
| State: | Tennessee |
| Collection Name: | A. Simplot papers and drawings, 1866-1911 |
| Genre: | Drawing |
| Original Format Type: | drawings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 1558.17 |
| Original Dimensions: | 11 x 8.5 inches |
| Alexander Simplot became well known during the Civil War for furnishing many of the sketches used by Harper's Weekly in their coverage of the war. Because of his location, Simplot primarily covered the war on the Mississippi River and Missouri. Working primarily in pencil, he captured the flavor of the war in the Transmississippi. He was the only artist on hand to cover the Battle of Memphis which took place on June 6, 1862. |
| Horses |
| Battlefields |
| Battles |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Fortification |
| Military uniforms |
| Ordnance |
| Soldiers |
| Weapons |
| Men |
| Flags |
| Wagons |
| War casualties |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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