Photo #: NH 76557-KN (Color) "Admiral Porter's Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th 1863." Colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives, New York, 1863. Ships depicted are (from the front to the rear, all USS except as noted)): Benton (Flagship); Lafayette with General Price alongside; Louisville; Mound City; Pittsburg; Carondelet; transports Silver Wave, Forest Queen & Henry Clay; and Tuscumbia. Text under the print's title is quoted in Photo # NH 76557-KN (Complete Caption). Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Beverley R. Robinson Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 180KB; 740 x 550 pixels |
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19 November 1999