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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.
The Gunboats at Number 10
1862
An image from a sketchbook of "The Gunboats at No. 10 — Eve of Arrival before the I'sld". The drawing appears to be from the deck of a ship showing several boats on the Mississippi 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.
"Benton," Com. Foote's Flagship
1862
The USS "Benton" was an "ironclad" ship which served as Capt. Andrew Hull Foote's flagship during the March 1862 assault on Island No. 10.
Ships on a River
Preliminary sketch of a distant ship on the river near an outcropping of land.
