Photo #: NH 55322
USS Lexington (1861-1865)
Photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Note: This photograph has occasionally been published
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Photo #: NH 55833
USS Lexington (1861-1865)
Sepia wash drawing by F. Muller, circa 1900.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C..
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 53870
USS General Price (1863-1865)
Off Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 18 January 1864, with USS Lexington
in the left background.
The original print is mounted on a Carte de Visite.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59003-KN (Color)
"Gun-Boats Fitting Out at Cincinnati, Ohio, for Government
Service on the Mississippi"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861.
This example has been hand-tinted in water colors.
The scene represents the conversion of the first "timber-clad"
gunboats for the Western Gunboat Flotilla, in mid-1861. These
ships were Conestoga, Lexington and Tyler,
two of which are depicted here.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59004
"The Flotilla of Federal Gunboats for the Protection of
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, Under the Command of Captain
John Rodgers, U.S.N. -- From a Sketch by our Special Artist at
Cairo, Illinois"
Line engraving published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated
...", 1861, depicting the "timber-clad" gunboats
Tyler, Lexington and Conestoga.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59589
"The 'Conestoga' and 'Lexington,' United States Gun-Boats
on the Mississippi."
Line engraving, after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1861.
It depicts Conestoga on the right, with Lexington
at left.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59002
"Commodore Foote's Gun-boat Flotilla on the Mississippi"
Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
Ships are identified below the image as (from left to right):
Mound City, Essex, Cairo, Saint Louis,
Louisville, Benton, Pittsburg and Lexington.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1997
Battle of Belmont, Missouri, 7 November 1861
Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval
Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States
..." (1877), depicting the first attack by the gunboats
Tyler and Lexington.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59000
"Fort Holt, Kentucky, Opposite Cairo."
Line engraving, after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", circa January 1862.
It depicts Fort Holt in the foreground. Background features identified
on the print include (from left): "Gun-boat Lexington",
Bird's Point, Mississippi River, Fort Cairo, Cairo (Illinois),
and the Ohio River.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59057
"Battle at St. Charles, White River, Arkansas--Explosion
of the 'Mound City'"
Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
This action between Federal gunboats and Confederate shore batteries
took place on 17 June 1862. USS Mound City was disabled
by a shot that penetrated her steam drum, causing heavy casualties
among her crew. Other U.S. ships present were the ironclad Saint
Louis (seen in the right foreground) and "timberclads"
Lexington and Conestoga. The gunboat in left center
is one of the "timberclads".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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