Porter's fleet passing the dam at Alexandria
Summary
Print shows a dam constructed by Union troops to raise the water level to a depth that would enable Union ironclads to continue on the Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana.
Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co., c1894, v. 2, p. 590.
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Date
01/01/1894
Location
Alexandria (La.), 31.31139, -92.44500
Source
Library of Congress
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