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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
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- 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.
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- Closing scene of the naval fight before Memphis
- From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
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- 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.
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- Gun-Boats Fitting Out at Cincinnatti
- Gun-boats fitting out at Cincinnati, Ohio, for government service on the Mississippi.
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- Indianola
- The United States gun-boat Indianola (iron-clad) running the blockade at Vicksburg.
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- Mortar Boats In Process of Construction
- From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
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- Queen of the West
- The federal ram "Queen of the West" attacking the rebel gunboat "Vicksburg" off Vicksburg.--[See page 139.]
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- 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.]
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- The Capture of Vicksburg
- The capture of Vicksburg - arrival of Admiral Porter's Fleet at the Levee on Fourth July, 1863.
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- 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.]
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