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Mortar steamers attack Fort Jackson.jpg

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English: Union mortar steamers bombard Fort Jackson at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. From left to right the ships are USS Clifton (1861), USS Westfield (1861), USS Owasco (1861), and USRC Harriet Lane (1857).
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From p. 74 of the 1887 book 'Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon “the Century War Series"', volume 2. Uploaded by the British Library to Flickr here. Cropped.

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Author Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel (book authors), signed by a "J. Davidson".

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