DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 58876
CSS Louisiana (1862-62)
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862,
depicting the ship blowing up off Fort St. Philip, Louisiana,
on 18 April 1862, after the Confederates surrendered the lower
Mississippi River fortifications.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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