Photo #: NH 73377
CSS Arkansas engaging USS Carondelet, 15 July 1862
Line engraving published in "Battles and Leaders of the
Civil War", Volume III, page 574.
This action, which took place in the Yazoo River, Mississippi,
left Carondelet seriously damaged.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 2039
"Battle between the Carondelet and Arkansas"
Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval
Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States
..." (1877), depicting USS Carondelet in action with
CSS Arkansas on the Yazoo River, Mississippi, 15 July
1862.
Walke commanded Carondelet at this time.
Note that Arkansas is depicted with greatly exaggerated
freeboard.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59041
"Reception of General Michael Corcoran, by the Mayor and
Citizens of New York City, August 22, 1862, on His Release from
the Confederate Prison, in which he had been Confined One Year"
(upper engraving)
and
"Action Between the CSS Arkansas and the USS Carondelet
at the Mouth of the Yazoo River, July 15, 1862"
Contemporary line engravings published in "The Soldier in
the Civil War", Volume I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 73378
CSS Arkansas running through the Union fleet above Vicksburg,
Mississippi, 15 July 1862
Line engraving after a drawing by J.O. Davidson, published in
"Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Volume III,
page 556.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 58892
"The Rebel Ram 'Arkansas' Running Through the Union Fleet
off Vicksburg"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862,
depicting the passage of CSS Arkansas through the Federal
fleet above Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 15 July 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 79911
"The Arkansas ran the Gauntlet of the Whole Fleet"
Artwork published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page
31, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907.
It depicts CSS Arkansas during her passage through the
Federal fleet above Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 15 July 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59042
"The Union Gun-boat 'Essex' (Commander Porter) Destroying
the Rebel Iron-clad Ram 'Arkansas', in the Mississippi"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
CSS Arkansas was run ashore and burned to prevent capture
when her engines failed during this encounter with USS Essex,
on 6 August 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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