Photo #: NH 42245
Battle of New Orleans -- Farragut Passing Fort Jackson and Fort
St. Philip, 24 April 1862
Lithograph by C. Parsons, depicting the Federal warships steaming
upstream toward New Orleans, past the Confederate fortifications
and ships. CSS Manassas is shown in the left center. Farragut's
flagship, USS Hartford is in the right center, with a
fire raft alongside.
Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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