Photo #: NH 59095
"Engagement at Butte la Rose"
Line engraving after a sketch by H. Holtz, published in "Harper's
Weekly", 1863, depicting the U.S. Navy gunboats Estrella,
Calhoun, Arizona and Clifton (listed clockwise
from lower right) engaging the Confederate gunboat J.A. Cotton
off Butte a la Rose, Louisiana, on 20 April 1863. Confederate
Fort Burton (shown at left) was captured on the same day.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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