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NH 59337 "The United States Infantry burning the House of the Rebel Ruffin under the Guns of the United States Gun-boat 'Mahaska'"

Photo #: NH 59337 "The United States Infantry burning the House of the Rebel Ruffin under the Guns of the United States Gun-boat 'Mahaska'"
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Title: "The United States Infantry burning the House of the Rebel Ruffin under the Guns of the United States Gun-boat 'Mahaska'"
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Description: Photo #: NH 59337 The United States Infantry burning the House of the Rebel Ruffin under the Guns of the United States Gun-boat 'Mahaska' Line engraving, based on a sketch by an officer of the 'Mahaska', published in Harper's Weekly, Volume 6, July-December 1862, page 540. USS Mahaska is in the left foreground. Edmund Ruffin of Virginia, a leading figure of the seccession movement, was credited with firing the first shot of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the opening gun of the Civil War. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59337
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