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NH 59009 "View of Ship Island, Louisiana. -- By our Special Artist on Board the 'Sagamore'"

Photo #: NH 59009 "View of Ship Island, Louisiana. -- By our Special Artist on Board the 'Sagamore'"
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Title: "View of Ship Island, Louisiana. -- By our Special Artist on Board the 'Sagamore'"
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Description: Photo #: NH 59009 View of Ship Island, Louisiana. By our Special Artist on Board the 'Sagamore' Line engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, 1862, depicting several U.S. Navy ships anchored off the Federal base at Ship Island in early 1862. Ships are (from left to right) Winona, New London, Niagara, Sagamore, Wissahickon, and Massachusetts. Other features identified, in the center and right background, are Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island, the 9th Connecticut and 22nd Massachusetts Regiments and a military camp. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59009
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