. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . dispatched later. In the two jjictures of this page we are shownscenes along the levee in 180-2, at Baton Rouge, and out in the river, a part of the fleet. The vessel withsails let down to drj^ is the sloop-of-war Mississippi; ahead of her and a little inshore, about to drop heranchor, is one of the smaller steamers that composed the third division of the fleet. Nearby lies a mortarschooner and a vessel laden with coal. Baton Rouge, where Farragut had hoisted his flag over the arsenal,was policed by a body of foreigners cm]jloyed b
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . dispatched later. In the two jjictures of this page we are shownscenes along the levee in 180-2, at Baton Rouge, and out in the river, a part of the fleet. The vessel withsails let down to drj^ is the sloop-of-war Mississippi; ahead of her and a little inshore, about to drop heranchor, is one of the smaller steamers that composed the third division of the fleet. Nearby lies a mortarschooner and a vessel laden with coal. Baton Rouge, where Farragut had hoisted his flag over the arsenal,was policed by a body of foreigners cm]jloyed by the municipal authority. The mayor had declared thatthe guerilla bands which had annoyed the fleet were beyond his jurisdiction, saying that he was responsibleonly for order within the city limits. There was some coal found in the city belonging to ])rivate owners,and the lower picture shows the yards of Messrs. Hill and Markham, who, through tlic medimn of , the Ma3or, opened negotiations with Farragut for its sale. THE COALING YARD AT BATON ROUGE. CopyriglU by hl
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