Fort Mc Henry, Baltimore, Md
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
name: label: maker
content: E. Sachse and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This 1864 color print depicts a peaceful waterscape scene of Baltimore Harbor. Lazaretto Point Lighthouse occupies the foreground of the print, with Fort McHenry visible behind it. On the far shore, rows of tents line the shore outside the walls of the fort. The New York 17th Regiment National Guard was mustered in Baltimore for 30 days in the summer of 1863 to assist with the defense of the city. A list of all the officers of the regiment appears in the lower margin.
label: Description
content: During the war, Fort McHenry doubled as a Union prisoner of war camp, holding captured Confederate troops until they were transferred to prison camps farther north. The fort was also used to detain citizens of Baltimore who were accused of being Southern sympathizers.
label: Description
content: The print’s creator, Edward Sachse, moved to America from Germany sometime in the 1840s. He settled in Baltimore, working under E. Weber & Co., one of the city’s most prominent lithography firms. He established E. Sachse & Co. in 1850, specializing in bird’s eye views of Baltimore and Washington D.C. His brother Theodore joined the firm in the mid-1850s and after Edward’s death in 1873, Theodore’s son Adolph headed the company, as A. Sachse & Co., from 1877 to 1887.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: classified
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3725
label: catalog number
content: 60.3725
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 8 3/4 in x 16 3/4 in; 22.225 cm x 42.545 cm