Escape of Private O'Haver to the USS Monticello from a Rebel Ship after Killing the Captain and drowning his comrade, in Cape Hatteras Inlet near Chicamacomico, North Carolina (recto).

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Creator / Contributor: Crane, William T., 1832-1865
Title: Escape of Private O'Haver to the USS Monticello from a Rebel Ship after Killing the Captain and drowning his comrade, in Cape Hatteras Inlet near Chicamacomico, North Carolina (recto).
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: October 4-5, 1861
Description: Drawing: Graphite on paper. 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. Soldiers on a beach shoot at two figures in the ocean; one soldier runs toward, another has fallen on the sand. A ship is docked offshore. Various annotations describe the scene.
Notes: O'Haver was a soldier in the 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company H. About the Artist: William T. Crane was a 'special artist' for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. General Quincy A. Gilmore relied heavily on his sketches of confederate fortifications to inform the Federal War Department of the recent events.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ag0042f.jpg
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Subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
Prisoners of war
O'Haver, 20th Indiana Regiment
Monticello (Ship)
United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865)
Prisoner-of-war escapes
Soldiers
Beaches
Ships
Material type or medium of original: Sketches
Drawings (visual works)
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Full Text: Drawing: Graphite on paper. 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. Soldiers on a beach shoot at two figures in the ocean; one soldier runs toward, another has fallen on the sand. A ship is docked offshore. Various annotations describe the scene.