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The <i>Vicksburg</i> & <i>Queen of the West.</i>
Photographer: Public domain
Caption: The Vicksburg & Queen of the West.
Additional Description: The Federal Ram Queen of the West attacking the rebel gun-boat City of Vicksburg off Vicksburg, Mississippi on 2 February 1863. After ramming the City of Vicksburg, the Queen's forward guns fired combustible balls saturated with turpentine into the ship, but her own cotton cladding caught fire in the conflagration and was forced to withdraw.
Submitted: May 27, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p383571
File Size: 0.180 Megabytes

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