CIVIL WAR NAVAL FIGHT ETCHING

The full title of this fascinating Civil War etching is:

THE NAVAL FIGHT IN CROATAN SOUND--BOMBARDMENT OF FORT BARTOW, ROANOKE ISLAND--LANDING OF NATIONAL TROOPS--SHOWING ALSO THE OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE SOUND, WITH THE REBEL FLEET BEYOND.

This 1862 battle at Roanoke Island in North Carolina was won by the Union in what was considered a strategic victory.