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Image: Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching the City of Memphis, Tennessee, to Demand its Surrender

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Description: "Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching the City of Memphis, Tennessee, to Demand its Surrender." Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting an incident at the close of the Battle of Memphis on 6 June 1862. The steamer shown may be Mingo or Lioness, the stern-wheel rams of Ellet's fleet.
Title: Colonel Ellet's Ram Approaching the City of Memphis, Tennessee, to Demand its Surrender
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/army-sh/usash-mr/mingo.htm
Author: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 59055 Alexander Simplot
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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