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NH 2049 "Battle of Fort Pillow, First position"

Photo #: NH 2049 "Battle of Fort Pillow, First position"
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Title: "Battle of Fort Pillow, First position"
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Description: Photo #: NH 2049 Battle of Fort Pillow, First position Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States ... (1877), depicting the action between the Confederate River Defense Fleet and Federal ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee, 10 May 1862. Confederate ships, seen at right, include (from left to right): General Earl Van Dorn, General Sterling Price, General Bragg, General Sumter and Little Rebel. The Federal ironclads, in the center and left, are (from left to right): Mound City, Carondelet and Cincinnati. A Federal mortar boat is by the river bank in the lower right. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 2049
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