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The Confederates Evacuating Brownsville, Texas

The Confederates Evacuating Brownsville, Texas

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The Confederates Evacuating Brownsville, Texas
Artist
Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Confederates Evacuating Brownsville, Texas
Datec. 1864
Possible placeNew York, United States
Place depictedBrownsville, Texas, United States
MediumHand-colored lithograph on wove wood pulp paper
DimensionsImage: 6 × 9 1/4 in. (15.2 × 23.5 cm)
 Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (18.7 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.59.58
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Bayou Bend
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DescriptionThe Battle of Brownsville during the Civil War took place in November of 1863 as Union forces sought to disrupt trade in cotton from ports along the Texas coast.  Union forces entered the city on November 6 and Confederate commander General Hamilton Bee ordered an evacuation.  This engraving of the scene appeared in the popular periodical Harper’s Weekly.
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1959; given to MFAH.
Published References Harper's Weekly, February 13, 1864, p. 100. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image: THE CONFEDERATES EVACUATING BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS [Sketched by an English Artist]
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