P-003: Ruth Ferris Collection Prints

This part of the Ruth Ferris Collection contains prints, mostly lithographs taken from illustrated periodicals in the 19th century.
Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library
A Mortar
Illustration of a mortar gun on board a Civil War gunboat., From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Arrival of the Forty-Ninth Ohio Regiment
Arrival of the Forty-Ninth Ohio Regiment at Louisville, Kentucky.-Drawn by Henry Mosler.-[See page 671.]
Bombardment of Island No. 10
Bombardment of Island Number Ten by the mortar fleet, March 16, 1862. -- Sketched by Alexander Simplot. -- [ See page 219.] The gun-boat fleet dropping down stream to reconnoitre. Steamers towing mortar-boats into position.
Closing scene of the naval fight before Memphis
From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching Memphis
From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Difficulties of a Working General Among the Bayous
Bayou Navigation in Dixie.-From a sketch by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.-[See page 235.]
Embarkation of the Ninth Missouri Regiment
Embarkation of the Ninth Missouri Regiment, Colonel Kelton, at St. Louis, for Lexington. - Sketched by Alexander Simplot. - [See page 658.]
Flag Ship "Harper" Attacked
The flag-ship "Harper" attacked by the ram "Manassas" and a fire-raft in the Mississippi.-[see page 373.]
Foote's Gun-Boats Ascending To Attack Fort Henry
From Harper's History of the Great Rebellion, From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
General Halleck's Army on the Tennessee
Commissary store boats. Landing cannon. Interior of a sanitary steamer. The general hospital at Hamburg. Moving siege guns to our lines., From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Gun-Boats Fitting Out at Cincinnatti
Gun-boats fitting out at Cincinnati, Ohio, for government service on the Mississippi.
Indianola
The United States gun-boat Indianola (iron-clad) running the blockade at Vicksburg.
Landing of the Seventh and Twelth Regiments
Landing of the Seventh and Twelth Regiments at Cario, June 4, 1861.-Sketched by Mr. A. Simplot.-[See Page 410.]
Major-General McPherson
The capture of Vicksburg - Major-General McPherson, of Grant's Army, and his chief engineers.-From a sketch by Mr. Theo R. Davis.-[See page 487.]
Memphis Before the War.
Old battery at the Navy-yard. Steamboat landing. The cotton levee., From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Mortar Boats In Process of Construction
From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Queen of the West and Engagement at Butte la Rose
Destruction of the "Queen of the West" by Union Gun-Boats. Engagement at Butte la Rose. Bank's campaign in Louisiana.-Sketched by Ms. H. Holtz.-[See page 357.]
Registered Enemies of the United States
Departure of registered enemies of the United States from Port Hickok, to Madisonville, LA.-Sketched by our special artist.-[See next page]; Landing of registered enemies of the United States at Madisonville, LA., February 2, 1863.-Sketched by our special artist.-[See next page.]
The Capture of Vicksburg
The capture of Vicksburg - arrival of Admiral Porter's Fleet at the Levee on Fourth July, 1863.
The Fight at Corney's Bridge
The fight at Corney's Bridge, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, and the destruction of the rebel gun-boat "Cotton," January 14, 1863.-Sketched by our special artist.-[see page 103.]
Vicksburg Canal
Break in the Mississippi Levee near the canal at Vicksburg.-Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.-[See page 215.]; and Cutting away the dam at the head of the Vicksburg Canal.-Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.-[See page 215.]

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