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Gunboat "Essex"
circa 1861-1862
The "Essex" (New Era) transformed into a gunboat, at anchor. Next to it is a smaller boat.
Fort Cairo
Drawing of a section of a completed part of Fort Cairo facing the confluen [sic] of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Gunboat on Ohio River
March 13, 1862
View down railroad tracks of the gunboat "Cinncinati" guarding Union approaches to Cairo on the Ohio River.
![Repair Boat — Gunboat Cincinnatti [sic] and Lexington](https://explore.wishistory.org/AssetLink/7j56xp54rkj0emdhsx04q5gvdi11q1pm.jpg)
Repair Boat — Gunboat Cincinnatti [sic] and Lexington
1863
Four boats shown. One is a repair boat and the other two the gunboats "Cincinnatti" [sic] and "Lexington." There is a steamboat marked "Marie Denin" on the left.
People's Faces
Preliminary sketches of people's faces. Shows several women and one bearded man.
