. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW OF REVJEWS CO. THE GENERAL PRICE —A CONFEDERATE WAR-BOAT THATCHANGED HANDS This was one of the fourteen river-steamers condemned and seized for tlie Confederate Govern-ment by General Lovell at New Orleans, January 15, 18(5-2. Converted into a war-boat, shetook a bold i)art in the engagement near Fort Pillow, which resulted in the sinking of theCincinnati. She arrived on the scene just as the General Bragg was disabled andboldly rammed the Federal gunboat for t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW OF REVJEWS CO. THE GENERAL PRICE —A CONFEDERATE WAR-BOAT THATCHANGED HANDS This was one of the fourteen river-steamers condemned and seized for tlie Confederate Govern-ment by General Lovell at New Orleans, January 15, 18(5-2. Converted into a war-boat, shetook a bold i)art in the engagement near Fort Pillow, which resulted in the sinking of theCincinnati. She arrived on the scene just as the General Bragg was disabled andboldly rammed the Federal gunboat for the second time, when a shot from the Carondeletdisabled her. In the engagement with the Ellct rams off Memphis, she met the same fateas the General Bragg and the other vessels. She and the General Beauregard, whilemaking a dash from opposite sides upon the Monarch, botji missed that speedy vessel andcollided with each other. The General Price was so badly injured that her captain ranher upon the Arkansas shore, to be added to the prizes won by the Pallet rams. The actionput an end to the river-defense flotilla of the Co
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