Photo #: NH 42247
"Capture of New Orleans"
"Farragut passing the Forts by Night."
Aquarelle facsimile print, 1886, after an original artwork by
J.O. Davidson, depicting the action of 24 April 1862.
USS Hartford is shown in the center, steaming upstream
past defending Confederate warships. "Turtle-backed"
vessel at right is CSS Manassas.
Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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