Canal during the Civil War

THE SKIRMISH AT DAM NO. 5.—

Firing at Dam No. 5
—A Barn Destroyed.—

SCENE ON THE CHESAPEAKE AHD OHIO CANAL –
TROOPS GOING UP TO JOIN GEN. BANKS' COMMAND.

Sketched by our special Artist.—Page 28.

This illustration entitled SCENE ON THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. TROOPS GOING UP TO JOIN GEN. BANKS' COMMAND was published in the New-York Illustrated News in November of 1861. Right after that the title is the phrase "Sketched by our special artist". The caption also directs the reader to page 26 for the text.

Although both the caption and the text refer to their "special artist," the artist is not named. It is suggested that there is a "Tho Nast" written in the lower left hand corner.

This incident occurred before the Civil War, but indicates the canal was known to some of those traveling north and may have been used by others.

James Curry, excerpt from Narrative of James Curry, A Fugitive Slave, published in The Liberator,
10 January 1840