Photo #: NH 63881
Steamship Mississippi (1862-1883)
Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1951, painted for use in his book "Early
American Steamers", Volume I.
Originally the blockade runner Memphis, built in England
in 1862, she was USS Memphis in 1862-1869. After sale
by the Navy she became the commercial steamer Mississippi
and was destroyed by fire in 1883.
Courtesy of Erik Heyl.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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