. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . m mi. iif mi: inlimi hiykk \ i; tin; of inns have fled Finchs noble lines were evoked by a happening in a Mississippi town, as the opposite page sets forth The war-timephotographs show Union gunboats beforethey had left the river to peace. The four vessels mi this page, Baron DcKalb,Cincinnati, mill Mound City :il the top, and tin- Louisville at the bottom, were among the must powerful of the Mississippiflotilla. They were all of the same class. 1
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . m mi. iif mi: inlimi hiykk \ i; tin; of inns have fled Finchs noble lines were evoked by a happening in a Mississippi town, as the opposite page sets forth The war-timephotographs show Union gunboats beforethey had left the river to peace. The four vessels mi this page, Baron DcKalb,Cincinnati, mill Mound City :il the top, and tin- Louisville at the bottom, were among the must powerful of the Mississippiflotilla. They were all of the same class. ; feet long and 51 ■• feet beam. Bach carried three bow guns, four broadside gunson each side, .-mil two stern ^uns They win- in addition plated with ix 2-inch iron, yet they drew only six feet of water, aminiaclc- nine miles an hour. They were constructed in the first year of the win- by < laptain James li Bads, and some of themtook part every important action on I In- western rivers from the evacuation of Port Henrj to the capture of Mobile, I Mik.
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