Photo #: NH 42363
"Destruction of the Tin-Clad No. 48, April 1, 1865"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 29 April
1865, page 268, depicting USS Rodolph being sunk by a
mine in the Blakely River, Alabama, near Mobile, on 1 April 1865.
At the time, Rodolph was towing a barge with equipment
to salvage the monitor USS Milwaukee, which had been sunk
by a mine on 28 March.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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