File:Memphis h42367.jpg

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"The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis."
"On the Morning of June 6th 1862, off Memphis, Ten." Lithograph by Middleton, Strobridge & Co.
In the foreground, the print depicts 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, with a wharf boat by the shore. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.
Removed caption read: Photo # NH 42367 "The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet ...", off Memphis, Tennessee, June 1862; THE TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF THE REBEL FLEET UNDER COMMODORE DAVIS [smaller illegible text] U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Photo #: NH 42367
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Source http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-ag/gn-beaug.htm
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