English: "Battle of Fort Pillow, First position". The action between the Confederate River Defense Fleet and Federal ironclads near
Fort Pillow, Tennessee, 10 May 1862.
The Federal ironclads, in the center and left, are (from left to right):
Mound City,
Carondelet and
Cincinnati. A Federal mortar boat is by the river bank in the lower right.
Date
Source
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #:
NH 2049
Author
Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States
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{{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} Photo #: NH 2049 "Battle of Fort Pillow, First position" Engraving published in Rear Admiral Henry Walke's "Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States ..." (1877), depicting the action between the Co
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