View of steamers sunk by the Rebels between Island Number Ten and New Madrid
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English: Print of destroyed steamboats with a river island in the background. Boat names are listed below corresponding vessels in image. "VIEW OF STEAMERS SUNK BY THE REBLES BETWEEN ISLAND NUMBER TEN AND NEW MADRID. - SKETCHED BY MR. A. SIMPLOT. - [SEE PAGE 283.]" (printed below image).
Newspaper clipping from Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1862 page 285. Another print on same page. Title: "View of Steamers Sunk by the Rebels Between Island Number Ten and New Madrid."
Ships L-R: Memphis ferry-boat Champion, Yazoo, rebel gun-boat Grampus, John Simonds, Red Rover, Prince, Admiral, Ohio BelleDe Soto, Kenawha Valley, burned steamer Winchester, Mars
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Civil War, 1861-1865 Newspapers wood engraving Harper's Weekly steamers sunk rebels Capitulations, Military Memphis Ferries Yazoo gunboat Grampus John Simonds Red Rover Prince Admiral Ohio Belle De Soto Kenawah Valley Winchester Mars boat Men Soldiers uniform troops Steamboats Alexander Simplot Island Number Ten Armed Forces River and Steamboats
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"View Of Steamers Sunk By The Rebels Between Island Number Ten And New Madrid." Wood Engraving by Alexander Simplot, 1862. Missouri History Museum Photograph and Prints collection. Civil War. P0084-1325.
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"View Of Steamers Sunk By The Rebels Between Island Number Ten And New Madrid." Wood Engraving by Alexander Simplot, 1862. Missouri History Museum Photograph and Prints collection. Civil War. P0084-1325.