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| Keywords: VicksburgBlockade.jpg Admiral Porter's Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg April 16th 1863 Ships depicted are from the front to the rear all USS except as noted Benton Flagship ; Lafayette with General Price alongside; Louisville; Mound City; Pittsburgh; Carondelet; transports Silver Wave Forest Queen Henry Clay; and Tuscumbia Text under the print's title reads At half past ten P M the boats left their moorings steamed down the river the Benton Admiral Porter taking the lead -- as they approached the point opposite the town a terrible concentrated fire of the centre upper and lower batteries both water and bluff was directed upon the channel which here ran within one hundred yards of the shore At the same moment innumerable floats of turpentine and other combustible materials were set ablaze In the face of all this fire the boats made their way with but little loss except the transport Henry Clay which was set on fire sunk da Admiral Porters flåde gennembryder oprørernes blokade på Mississippi ved Vicksburg den 16 april 1863 Photo NH 76557-KN Color -- Complete Caption http //www loc gov/pictures/item/90708420/ Courtesy of the U S Naval Academy Museum Beverley R Robinson Collection U S Naval Historical Center Photograph 1863 Currier Ives New York PD-old-100 Original upload log page en wikipedia VicksburgBlockade jpg 2005-12-22 23 04 PAR 1300×924× 351781 bytes <nowiki> PD-old </nowiki> Ships in the American Civil War Groups of ironclads American Civil War art Vicksburg Campaigns Turpentine Fire in art 1863-04-16 1863 in art City-class ironclads | ||||
