Scenes from the sinking of the steamer Golden Gate - Mrs. Wallace leaping from the rocks - Heroic conduct of the helmsman of the Golden Gate, steering in the midst of the flames - Burying some of the drowned passengers in the sands. July 27th, 1862. 19th century American Civil War illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

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