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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