Bombardment and Capture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Island_Number_Ten" class="extiw" title="w:Battle of Island Number Ten">Island Number Ten</a> on the Mississippi River, April 7, 1862
<p>Colored lithograph published by Currier &amp; Ives, New York, circa 1862.
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It depicts the bombardment of the Confederate fortifications on Island Number Ten by Federal gunboats and mortar boats. Ships seen include (from left to right): <i>Mound City</i>, <i>Louisville</i>, <i>USS Pittsburg</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Carondelet_(1861)" class="extiw" title="w:USS Carondelet (1861)"><i>Carondelet</i></a>, Flagship <i>Benton</i>, <i>Cincinnati</i>, <i>Saint Louis</i> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Conestoga" class="extiw" title="w:USS Conestoga"><i>Conestoga</i></a> (timberclad). Mortar boats are firing from along the river bank.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Photo #: KN-969 (Color)
1862-04-07
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