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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59074

"The Flag-ship 'Hartford' attacked by the Ram 'Manassas' and a Fire-Raft in the Mississippi."


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting USS Hartford in action during the battle off Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. A Confederate fire raft and the ram CSS Manassas are also shown, the latter very inaccurately.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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5 September 2001