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Description: "Colonel Ellet's Ram Fleet on the Mississippi". Ships in the foreground are: Monarch (letter "M" between stacks), Queen of the West (with letter "Q") and Lioness (letter "L"). In the left background are: Switzerland (with letter "S" on paddlebox), Samson and Lancaster. Note cotton bales stacked on deck to protect boilers.
Title: Ellet rams h59007
Credit: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #: NH 59007.
Author: Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
Permission: Public Domain
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License: Public domain
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