. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . >s?. THE ADVENTUROUS GUNBOAT CONESTOGA Lying at anchor in the Ohio River this little wooden gunboat is having the finishing touches put to her equipment while her officersand men are impatiently waiting for the opportunity to bring her into action. A side-wheel river steamer originally, she was pur-chased at Cincinnati by Commander John Rodgers in the spring of 1861 and speedily converted into a gunboat. Her boilers andsteam pipes were lowered into the hold and the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . >s?. THE ADVENTUROUS GUNBOAT CONESTOGA Lying at anchor in the Ohio River this little wooden gunboat is having the finishing touches put to her equipment while her officersand men are impatiently waiting for the opportunity to bring her into action. A side-wheel river steamer originally, she was pur-chased at Cincinnati by Commander John Rodgers in the spring of 1861 and speedily converted into a gunboat. Her boilers andsteam pipes were lowered into the hold and the oaken bulwarks five inches thick which we see were put on her and pierced for got her first taste of fighting when, at Lucas Bend, she engaged the land batteries and a Confederate gunboat. September 10, was present at Fort Henry in the second division of the attacking fleet, and also at Fort Donelson.
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