File:Memphis h42367.jpg
Summary
"The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis."
"On the Morning of June 6th 1862, off Memphis, Ten." Lithograph by Middleton, Strobridge & Co.
In the foreground, the print depicts the Confederate ships (from left to right): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_M._Jeff_Thompson" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General M. Jeff Thompson">General M. Jeff Thompson</a> (shown sinking); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_Little_Rebel" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS Little Rebel">Little Rebel</a> (shown burning); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_Sterling_Price" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General Sterling Price">General Sterling Price</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_Beauregard" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General Beauregard">General Beauregard</a> (shown being rammed by the Ellet Ram <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Monarch" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Monarch">Monarch</a>); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_Bragg" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General Bragg">General Bragg</a> (shown aground) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_Colonel_Lovell" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS Colonel Lovell">Colonel Lovell</a> (shown sinking). In the background are the Federal warships (from left to right): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Queen_of_the_West_(1854)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Queen of the West (1854)">Queen of the West</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Cairo" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Cairo">Cairo</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Carondelet" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Carondelet">Carondelet</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Louisville" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Louisville">Louisville</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Saint_Louis" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Saint Louis">Saint Louis</a>; a tug; and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Benton" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Benton">Benton</a>. The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Memphis_Tennessee" class="extiw" title="w:en:Memphis Tennessee">Memphis</a> is in the right distance, with a wharf boat by the shore. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.
Removed caption read: Photo # NH 42367 "The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet ...", off Memphis, Tennessee, June 1862; THE TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF THE REBEL FLEET UNDER COMMODORE DAVIS [smaller illegible text] U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42367
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| current | 02:26, 17 January 2017 | | 740 × 480 (89 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>"The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis."<br> "On the Morning of June 6th 1862, off Memphis, Ten." Lithograph by Middleton, Strobridge & Co.<br> In the foreground, the print depicts the Confederate ships (from left to right): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_M._Jeff_Thompson" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General M. Jeff Thompson"><i>General M. Jeff Thompson</i></a> (shown sinking); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_Little_Rebel" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS Little Rebel"><i>Little Rebel</i></a> (shown burning); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_Sterling_Price" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General Sterling Price"><i>General Sterling Price</i></a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_Beauregard" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General Beauregard"><i>General Beauregard</i></a> (shown being rammed by the Ellet Ram <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Monarch" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Monarch"><i>Monarch</i></a>); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_General_Bragg" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS General Bragg"><i>General Bragg</i></a> (shown aground) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:CSS_Colonel_Lovell" class="extiw" title="w:en:CSS Colonel Lovell"><i>Colonel Lovell</i></a> (shown sinking). In the background are the Federal warships (from left to right): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Queen_of_the_West_(1854)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Queen of the West (1854)"><i>Queen of the West</i></a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Cairo" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Cairo"><i>Cairo</i></a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Carondelet" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Carondelet"><i>Carondelet</i></a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Louisville" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Louisville"><i>Louisville</i></a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Saint_Louis" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Saint Louis"><i>Saint Louis</i></a>; a tug; and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Benton" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Benton"><i>Benton</i></a>. The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Memphis_Tennessee" class="extiw" title="w:en:Memphis Tennessee">Memphis</a> is in the right distance, with a wharf boat by the shore. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.<br><b>Removed caption read:</b> Photo # NH 42367 "The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet ...", off Memphis, Tennessee, June 1862; THE TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF THE REBEL FLEET UNDER COMMODORE DAVIS [smaller illegible text] U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 42367 </p> |
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