Photo #: NH 59000
"Fort Holt, Kentucky, Opposite Cairo."
Line engraving, after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", circa January 1862.
It depicts Fort Holt in the foreground. Background features identified
on the print include (from left): "Gun-boat Lexington",
Bird's Point, Mississippi River, Fort Cairo, Cairo (Illinois),
and the Ohio River.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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