Photo #: NH 1852
"Battle of Grand Gulf, First position, R. Ad. D.D. Porter
Commanding"
Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval
Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States
..." (1877), depicting U.S. Navy ironclads engaging Confederate
batteries at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, 29 April 1863.
U.S. ships present, as identified on the print, are (from left-center
to right): Benton, Tuscumbia, Pittsburg,
Lafayette, Louisville, Saint Louis and Carondelet.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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