Having been towed by side wheel paddle steamers, surfboats packed with infantry have cast off their hawsers and head to the shore, guided by Navy steersmen.
When the troops are landed the Navy crews of the surf boats row out to bring ashore the soldiers aboard the paddle steamers.
FROM: Osprey Publishing's: 'American Civil War Amphibious Tactics'
PRICE: £600.00 (Painting unframed)
SIZE: Image approx. H 30 cm x W 44 cm (H 12 x W 17 inches)
MEDIUM: Watercolour and gouache
