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Photo # KN-969: Bombardment and Capture of Island Number Ten, 7 April 1862.  USS St. Louis (later Baron de Kalb) is in the foreground

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USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863), ex-Saint Louis --
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This page features views related to the actions and activities of USS Baron de Kalb, including those when she was named Saint Louis.

For additional images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863). Originally named Saint Louis.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 42366

    Battle of Fort Henry, 6 February 1862


    Line engraving after a drawing by Rear Admiral Henry Walke, published in the "History of the Great Rebellion", by Harper.
    The print depicts the Federal gunboats Saint Louis, Carondelet, Essex and Cincinnati bombarding Fort Henry.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 175KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 58898

    "The Gun-boat Attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson"


    Line engraving, based on a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting the bombardment of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, by Federal warships, 14 February 1862. Many of the ships were damaged in this action. As identified on the engraving, they are (from left to right): "Timberclads" Tyler and Conestoga; Ironclads Carondelet, Pittsburg, Louisville and Saint Louis.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 285 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53762

    CSS Grampus (1862-1862)


    Engraving entitled: "The Confederate Gunboat, Grampus." "Under fire from the Federal Gunboats Benton, Carondelet, St. Louis, Mound City, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Eight Mortar Boats, at foot of Island No. 8, in Mississippi River, March 5th 1862." "Marshall A. Miller, Commander of Grampus."

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: KN-969 (Color)

    Bombardment and Capture of Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River, April 7, 1862

    Colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives, New York, circa 1862.
    It depicts the bombardment of the Confederate fortifications on Island Number Ten by Federal gunboats and mortar boats. Ships seen include (from left to right): Mound City, Louisville, Pittsburg, Carondelet, Flagship Benton, Cincinnati, Saint Louis and Conestoga. Mortar boats are firing from along the river bank.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 535 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-969

     
    Photo #: NH 42755

    "Battle of Fort Pillow, 3rd Position"


    Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States ..." (1877), depicting the action between the Confederate River Defense Fleet and Federal ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee, 10 May 1862.
    Confederate ships, seen at left, include: Colonel Lovell, General Beauregard, General M. Jeff Thompson, General Bragg, General Sumter, Little Rebel and General Earl van Dorn.
    The Federal ironclads, in the center and right, are: Carondelet, Cincinnati, Mound City, Benton, Saint Louis, Cairo and Pittsburg. A tug is seen in the right foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42365

    "Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862"

    "By the Union Flotilla of 6 Gunboats, commanded by Com. C.H. Davis, and the Rebel fleet of 8 Iron-clads, under Hollins. The action lasted one hour. Two of the Rebel gunboats were blown up and one sunk, when the remainder retired precipitately under the guns of the fort."

    Lithograph by Currier & Ives, New York, providing a curious (and quite inaccurate) view of the action off Fort Pillow in which the Confederate River Defense Fleet, under Captain James E. Montgomery, attacked Federal gunboats.
    The print identifies the following ships (from left to right): CSS "Mallory" (a non-existent vessel, shown sinking); CSS Louisiana (an ironclad that had already been destroyed by this time); USS Cincinnati; USS Benton; USS Cairo; USS Carondelet; USS Saint Louis; and USS Conestoga.

    Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1936.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42367

    "The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis."

    "On the Morning of June 6th 1862, off Memphis, Ten."

    Lithograph by Middleton, Strobridge & Co.
    In the foreground, the print depicts the Confederate ships (from left to right): General M. Jeff Thompson (shown sinking); Little Rebel (shown burning); General Sterling Price; General Beauregard (shown being rammed by the Ellet Ram Monarch); General Bragg (shown aground) and Colonel Lovell (shown sinking).
    In the background are the Federal warships (from left to right): Queen of the West; Cairo; Carondelet; Louisville; Saint Louis; a tug; and Benton.
    The city of Memphis is in the right distance, with a wharf boat by the shore.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     


    The following image identifies USS Saint Louis as being present during the Battle of Grand Gulf, though she was not actually present at that action, and was named Baron de Kalb by that time:

    Photo #: NH 1852

    "Battle of Grand Gulf, First position, R. Ad. D.D. Porter Commanding"


    Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States ..." (1877), depicting U.S. Navy ironclads engaging Confederate batteries at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, 29 April 1863.
    U.S. ships present, as identified on the print, are (from left-center to right): Benton, Tuscumbia, Pittsburg, Lafayette, Louisville, Saint Louis and Carondelet.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 152KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     


    For a view related to USS Baron de Kalb's participation in the December 1862 Yazoo River expedition, see:

  • Ordinary Seaman Peter Cotton, USN (Born 1839).

    For additional images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863). Originally named Saint Louis.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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