Photo #: NH 59077
"Engagement between the U.S. Gunboat 'Varuna' and the Confederate
Ram 'Breckinridge' and Gunboat 'Governor Moore'."
Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War",
Volume I. It depicts USS Varuna in the center, being rammed
by a Confederate ship identified as "Breckinridge"
(at left) while engaging CSS Governor Moore (at right)
during the battle off Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April
1862.
The side-wheel steamer identified here as "Breckinridge"
(General Breckinridge), is more probably the Stonewall
Jackson.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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