Photo #: NH 59009
"View of Ship Island, Louisiana. -- By our Special Artist
on Board the 'Sagamore'"
Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862,
depicting several U.S. Navy ships anchored off the Federal base
at Ship Island in early 1862. Ships are (from left to right)
Winona, New London, Niagara, Sagamore,
Wissahickon, and Massachusetts. Other features
identified, in the center and right background, are Fort Massachusetts
on Ship Island, the 9th Connecticut and 22nd Massachusetts Regiments
and a military camp.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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