Civil War Sketchbook : Watercolor Paintings
Title:
Boats on water near Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Scope & Content:
This series of sketches depict the aftermath of bombardment by Union forces of a dirt fort constructed by the Confederates on Roanoke Island, land strategically bounded by the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds. In this sketch boats, powered by sail and steam crowd the water near Roanoke Island.

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