Photo #: NH 59012
"The Battle at the Southwest Pass -- The Ram 'Manassas'
attacking the 'Richmond.' -- Sketched by an Officer of the 'Richmond'."
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861,
depicting CSS Manassas attacking USS Richmond near
the Head of Passes, Mississippi River, on 12 October 1861.
Other ships depicted include the U.S. sailing sloops of war Vincennes
and Preble (in left center and at right).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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