Explosion of the Powder Magazine at Fort Fisher Frank Leslie’s Wood Engraving For Sale

Subject: The print depicts the Explosion of the Powder Magazine at Fort Fisher, which occurred on January 16, 1865, the morning after the fort fell to Federal (Union) forces.

• Origin: As indicated by the label on the back, this is a wood engraving from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, published on February 11, 1865.

• Artist/Source: The caption notes it was created "from a sketch by Ensign Laycock."

• Actual Age: This appears to be an original 19th-century newsprint page rather than a modern reproduction. The "Buchanan and Kiguel" framing label suggests it was professionally matted and framed in the mid-20th century (likely between the 1950s and 1970s), which was a common period for people to frame Civil War-era ephemera.