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NH 59077 "Engagement between the U.S. Gunboat 'Varuna' and the Confederate Ram 'Breckinridge' and Gunboat 'Governor Moore'."

Photo #: NH 59077 "Engagement between the U.S. Gunboat 'Varuna' and the Confederate Ram 'Breckinridge' and Gunboat 'Governor Moore'."
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Title: "Engagement between the U.S. Gunboat 'Varuna' and the Confederate Ram 'Breckinridge' and Gunboat 'Governor Moore'."
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Description: Photo #: NH 59077 Engagement between the U.S. Gunboat 'Varuna' and the Confederate Ram 'Breckinridge' and Gunboat 'Governor Moore'. Line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume I. It depicts USS Varuna in the center, being rammed by a Confederate ship identified as Breckinridge (at left) while engaging CSS Governor Moore (at right) during the battle off Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. The side-wheel steamer identified here as Breckinridge (General Breckinridge), is more probably the Stonewall Jackson. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59077
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