Ironclad. USS Essex, a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War. This photo was taken in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by McPherson and Oliver,

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USS Essex, a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War. This photo was taken in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by McPherson and Oliver, Image digitally restored and retouched

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Size: 5381px × 3304px
Location: LOC Prints and Photographs: USS Essex ironclad, Baton Rouge, LA
Photo credit: © IanDagnall Computing / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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