Photo #: NH 78178
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863)
(Name changed from Saint Louis in September 1862)
Line engraving by George Perine & Co., New York, circa 1865.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 59547
USS Saint Louis (1862-1863)
(Renamed Baron de Kalb in September 1862)
Watercolor by Oscar Parkes.
Courtesy of Dr. Oscar Parkes, London, England, 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 56663
"City" Class ironclad gunboats
Off Cairo, Illinois, in 1863, with barges moored in the foreground.
These ships are (from left to right):
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863);
USS Cincinnati (1862-1865) and
USS Mound City (1862-1865).
Boats are tied astern of Baron de Kalb and Cincinnati.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 56663-A
"City" Class ironclad gunboats
Off Cairo, Illinois, in 1863, with barges moored in the foreground.
These ships are (from left to right):
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863);
USS Cincinnati (1862-1865) and
USS Mound City (1862-1865).
Boats are tied astern of Baron de Kalb and Cincinnati.
Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Note: This image shows somewhat more on the right
side and somewhat less on the left side than Photo # NH 56663.
Ship images are also not quite as sharp, though trees in the
distance are much more distinct. |
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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 59018
"Gun-Deck of One of the Mississippi Gun-Boats Engaged in
the Attack on Fort Henry"
Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published
in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
It depicts a gun deck scene on board one of the "City"
class ironclad gunboats. Of the seven ships of that class, Carondelet,
Cincinnati and Saint Louis were present during
the attack on Fort Henry, Tennessee, on 6 February 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: 165-C-703
"City" Class armored gunboats
Under construction by James Eads, at St. Louis, Missouri, prior
to October 1861.
This view shows four ships being built in pairs, at two levels
on the shore, with casemate side timbers largely installed. Vertical
timbers extending above the slanting casemate sides are framing
for the ships' paddle-wheel boxes.
The four ships of this class built at St. Louis were Carondelet,
Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint Louis.
Note building and flagpole in the right background, timber stockpile
in the foreground, and twin rudder posts at the ships' sterns
with the paddle raceway between them.
Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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Photo #: 165-C-702
"City" Class armored gunboats
Under construction by James Eads, at St. Louis, Missouri, prior
to October 1861.
This view looks along the main deck on one gunboat, with its
boilers in the foreground and casemate timbers at the sides.
Another vessel is beyond, with some spar deck beams atop the
casemate side timbers and upright framing in place for her wheel
box.
The four ships of this class built at St. Louis were Carondelet,
Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint Louis.
Note flagpole in the left background.
Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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Photo #: NH 59001
"United States Mississippi Gun-boats being built at Carondelet,
near St. Louis, Missouri"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 5 October
1861.
It depicts, rather inaccurately, the construction of four of
the "City" class ironclads by James Eads, including
Carondelet, Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint
Louis.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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