USS Essex

USS Essex, the ironclad which on two occasions engaged the CSS Arkansas, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; circa 1864.

Ironclad boat tied to the shore with sailors on board and other boats in background

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

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Thing

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