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NH 43135 "Burning of the Rebel Ram 'Webb' Below New Orleans, April 24, 1865"

Photo #: NH 43135 "Burning of the Rebel Ram 'Webb' Below New Orleans, April 24, 1865"
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Title: "Burning of the Rebel Ram 'Webb' Below New Orleans, April 24, 1865"
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Description: Photo #: NH 43135 Burning of the Rebel Ram 'Webb' Below New Orleans, April 24, 1865 Engraving after a sketch by R. Weir, published in Harper's Weekly, 20 May 1865, page 317. It depicts CSS Webb afire on shore some twenty-five miles below New Orleans, Louisiana, after she was trapped by USS Richmond (seen in the right background) while attempting to escape down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico during the night of 24 April 1865. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 43135
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