The Levee at New Orleans, Louisiana, on the Afternoon of April 29th with the Union Party Landing to Demand the Surrender of the City.

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The Levee at New Orleans, Louisiana, on the Afternoon of April 29th with the Union Party Landing to Demand the Surrender of the City, dated 1862

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Creator / Contributor: Bailey, Joseph, 1825-1867
Title: The Levee at New Orleans, Louisiana, on the Afternoon of April 29th with the Union Party Landing to Demand the Surrender of the City.
Collection Title: Civil War drawings collection, approximately 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
Date: 1862
Description: Drawing: Graphite, white gouache, and black ink wash on grayish brown paper; graphite. 13 x 8. View of city from the water. Ships including 'Cayuga' are in the foreground. Church spires rise in the background and are labeled by the artist. Inscribed at lower-left in graphite: 'The Levee at New Orleans on the afternoon / of the 29 of April with Capt Bailey & the party from / the 'Cayuga' landing to demand the surrender of / the city.' On the verso, a sketch of two figures are likely of Captain Bailey and his Midshipman entering New Orleans. Also on the verso are various inscriptions.
Notes: Joseph Bailey, a civil engineer from Ohio, served as Captain of Company D, 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment, and later as a brigadier and a Major General. After the capture of New Orleans, Bailey was chief engineer for the City of New Orleans.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ag0076f.jpg
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Subject: New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cayuga (Ship)
Bailey, Joseph, 1825-1867
Churches
Cities and towns
Ships
Levees
Material type or medium of original: Sketches
Drawings (visual works)
Image
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Full Text: Drawing: Graphite, white gouache, and black ink wash on grayish brown paper; graphite. 13 x 8. View of city from the water. Ships including 'Cayuga' are in the foreground. Church spires rise in the background and are labeled by the artist. Inscribed at lower-left in graphite: 'The Levee at New Orleans on the afternoon / of the 29 of April with Capt Bailey & the party from / the 'Cayuga' landing to demand the surrender of / the city.' On the verso, a sketch of two figures are likely of Captain Bailey and his Midshipman entering New Orleans. Also on the verso are various inscriptions.