Destruction of Rebel Fleet

Print depicting the Confederate ships (from left to right): General M. Jeff Thompson (shown sinking); Little Rebel (shown burning); General Sterling Price; General Beauregard (shown being rammed by the Ellet Ram Monarch); General Bragg (shown aground); and Colonel Lovell (shown sinking). In the background are the Federal warships (from left to right): Queen of the West, Cairo, Carondelet, Louisville, Saint Louis, a tug, and Benton. The city of Memphis is in the right distance.

Ironclad naval battle on river with fort in the background

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Center

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