Photo #: NH 59103
"The Rams 'Switzerland' and 'Lancaster" Running the
Blockade at Vicksburg", 25 March 1863
Line engraving after a sketch by Theodore R. Davis, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1863.
In this operation, Switzerland (depicted here in the foreground)
was disabled by gunfire from the Vicksburg batteries, but succeeded
in passing the city. Lancaster (in the left center distance)
was fatally damaged and sank.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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