DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 59064
"The Third Day's Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862,
depicting U.S. Navy mortar schooners shelling the Confederate
forts defending the lower Mississippi River, 20 April 1862. Ships
in the foreground are USS Harriet Lane (left) and USS
Oneida (right).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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