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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59013

"The Southwest-Pass Bar."


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting the Federal blockading fleet near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Also shown, in left center, is what appears to be CSS Manassas. She attacked Union warships at Southwest Pass on 12 October 1861.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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5 September 2001