Photo #: NH 42755
"Battle of Fort Pillow, 3rd Position"
Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval
Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States
..." (1877), depicting the action between the Confederate
River Defense Fleet and Federal ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee,
10 May 1862.
Confederate ships, seen at left, include: Colonel Lovell,
General Beauregard, General M. Jeff Thompson, General
Bragg, General Sumter, Little Rebel and General
Earl van Dorn.
The Federal ironclads, in the center and right, are: Carondelet,
Cincinnati, Mound City, Benton, Saint
Louis, Cairo and Pittsburg. A tug is seen in
the right foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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