Photo #: NH 59055
"Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching the City of Memphis, Tennessee,
to Demand its Surrender."
Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting an incident at
the close of the Battle of Memphis on 6 June 1862. The steamer
shown may be Mingo or Lioness, the stern-wheel
rams of Ellet's fleet.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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