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.
Bombardment of Island No. 10
Simplot, AlexanderHarper's Weekly
1862-04-05
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Civil War, 1861-1865GunboatsRiver steamersSteamboats
Mississippi River
1860-1869
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