Photo #: NH 59007
"Colonel Ellet's Ram Fleet on the Mississippi"
Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
Ships in the foreground are: Monarch (letter "M"
between stacks), Queen of the West (with letter "Q")
and Lioness(letter "L"). In the left background
are: Switzerland (with letter "S" on paddlebox),
Samson and Lancaster.
Note cotton bales stacked on deck to protect boilers.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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