Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas"--by the United States gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th, 1862. [graphic].
Title
Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas"--by the United States gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th, 1862
Description
View showing the Essex firing upon the Confederate gunboat grounded on the riverbank in the foreground. Flames engulf the Arkansas near a crowd of fleeing people. Also includes the names of the ships printed below the image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Arkansas [5779.F.48]