US Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten
US Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten, on the Mississippi River, Feb. 28-April 8, 1862. Union navy attacks the Confederate batteries on the island. In the foreground are Union Commodore Footes flotilla of ironclad gunboats and floating mortars. Confederate gunboats fire back from positions in the mid-ground, around the first bend in the river
Picture No
13123419
Media ID
45383943
Size
2700px x 1893px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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