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NH 42365 "Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862"

Photo #: NH 42365 "Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862"
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Title: "Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862"
Description: Photo #: NH 42365 Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862 By the Union Flotilla of 6 Gunboats, commanded by Com. C.H. Davis, and the Rebel fleet of 8 Iron-clads, under Hollins. The action lasted one hour. Two of the Rebel gunboats were blown up and one sunk, when the remainder retired precipitately under the guns of the fort. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, New York, providing a curious (and quite inaccurate) view of the action off Fort Pillow in which the Confederate River Defense Fleet, under Captain James E. Montgomery, attacked Federal gunboats. The print identifies the following ships (from left to right): CSS Mallory (a non-existent vessel, shown sinking); CSS Louisiana (an ironclad that had already been destroyed by this time); USS Cincinnati; USS Benton; USS Cairo; USS Carondelet; USS Saint Louis; and USS Conestoga. Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1936. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42365
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