DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 59042
"The Union Gun-boat 'Essex' (Commander Porter) Destroying
the Rebel Iron-clad Ram 'Arkansas', in the Mississippi"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
CSS Arkansas was run ashore and burned to prevent capture
when her engines failed during this encounter with USS Essex,
on 6 August 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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