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"The Gun-Boat Attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson."

"The Gun-Boat Attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson."

Print of ironclad gunboats and one converted riverboat in the foreground with a Confederate flag visible in the background. "THE GUN-BOAT ATTCK ON THE WATER BATTERIES AT FORT DONELSON. - SKETCHED BY MR. ALEXAND... More

New type of ram with defensive netting against torpedos

New type of ram with defensive netting against torpedos

Image of an ironclad combined steam and sailing ship with a defensive netting against torpedo attacks

Destruction of the Tin-clad No. 48, April 1 - Harper's weekly (1865) (14761584451) (cropped)

Destruction of the Tin-clad No. 48, April 1 - Harper's weekly (1865) (...

Mushroom Anchor Torpedoes Landing of the National Forces at the mouth of Fish River, below Mobile, March 1865 Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: ... More

A-scene-from-the-film-John-Ericsson-segraren-vid-Hampton-Road-391765180422

A-scene-from-the-film-John-Ericsson-segraren-vid-Hampton-Road-39176518...

A scene from the film "John Ericsson – segraren vid Hampton Roads" (John Ericsson – the winner of Hampton Roads), a Swedish drama film from 1937 directed by Gustaf Edgren.

CSSSavannah. Warship photograph collection

CSSSavannah. Warship photograph collection

CSS Savannah日本語: CSS サバンナ Public domain photograph of Confederate ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commodore Foote’s Gunboat Flotilla on the Mississippi - Harper's Weekly, 1862

Commodore Foote’s Gunboat Flotilla on the Mississippi - Harper's Weekl...

Commodore Foote’s Gunboat Flotilla on the Mississippi.—Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot. Illustration published in Harper’s Weekly, Volume VI, No. 265, p 52, January 25, 1862.

The naval history of the United States (1896) (14597875398)

The naval history of the United States (1896) (14597875398)

Identifier: navalhistoryofun02abbo (find matches) Title: The naval history of the United States Year: 1896 (1890s) Authors: Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John), 1863-1934 Subjects: United States -- History, Nava... More

Commune de Paris versaillais à la porte de Saint Cloud

Commune de Paris versaillais à la porte de Saint Cloud

Français : Exposition La Commune de Paris à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris (18 mars - 28 mai 2011) - 21 mai : les versaillais pénètrent dans Paris par le bastion du Point-du-Jour à la porte de Saint-Cloud - Lithogr... More

CSS Richmond NH 75620 - Public domain portrait drawing

CSS Richmond NH 75620 - Public domain portrait drawing

Ink wash drawing of CSS Richmond Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A short handy ship without a spur

A short handy ship without a spur

Image of an ironclad combined steam and sailing ship. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harper's weekly (1864) (14782652624)

Harper's weekly (1864) (14782652624)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv8bonn Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillman, 1831-1885? S... More

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863  (Construction of ironclads in Britain for the Confederacy)

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863 (Cons...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Attack on Fort Henry, Tennessee - Harper's Weekly, 1862

The Attack on Fort Henry, Tennessee - Harper's Weekly, 1862

The Attack on Fort Henry, Tennessee.—Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot. Illustration published in Harper’s Weekly, Volume VI, No. 270, p 133, March 1, 1862.

Swift cruiser - Drawing. Public domain image.

Swift cruiser - Drawing. Public domain image.

Image of an swift ironclad combined steam and sail cruiser underway.

Рисунок к статье «Броненосный флот» № 1. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

Рисунок к статье «Броненосный флот» № 1. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (...

Русский: Данное изображение было использовано в статье «Броненосный флот» опубликованной в пятом томе «Военной энциклопедии», который был издан книгоиздательским товариществом Ивана Дмитриевича Сытина в 1911 г... More

The naval history of the United States (1896) (14597792020)

The naval history of the United States (1896) (14597792020)

Identifier: navalhistoryofun02abbo (find matches) Title: The naval history of the United States Year: 1896 (1890s) Authors: Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John), 1863-1934 Subjects: United States -- History, Nava... More

The siege of Mobile, wreck of the 'Osage' and the Monitor 'Milwaukee' - Harper's weekly (1865) (14761584451) (cropped)

The siege of Mobile, wreck of the 'Osage' and the Monitor 'Milwaukee' ...

Mushroom Anchor Torpedoes Landing of the National Forces at the mouth of Fish River, below Mobile, March 1865 Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: ... More

Gaetano Esposito - Ship portrait HMP RNM temp 6-001
Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea (1891) (14761849866)

Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great ma...

Identifier: lifedeedsofgener02nort (find matches) Title: Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea .. Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-19... More

John A. Dix to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 30, 1863  (Telegram reporting movement of ironclads)
USS Roanoke 1855 Ironclad

USS Roanoke 1855 Ironclad

A cropped image of the USS Roanoke after her conversion to an ironclad. Original found at: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h48000/h48105.jpg USS Roanoke, probably laid up at the New York Navy Yard, a... More

Fragata Blindada Independencia

Fragata Blindada Independencia

Peruvian ironclad Independencia was an armored corvette built in England for the Peruvian Navy. She was laid down in 18 June 1864 and launched on 8 August 1865 and completed in December 1866.

Iron clad line of battle ship attacking harbour

Iron clad line of battle ship attacking harbour

Image of an ironclad combined steam and sailing ship in combat.

New-type of line of battle ship unders steam and sail

New-type of line of battle ship unders steam and sail

Image of an ironclad combined steam and sailing ship. Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attack of the Federal Iron-Clads on Fort Sumter and the Rebel Batteries commanding the entrance to Charleston Harbor, on the 7th of April, 1863 - NYIN 1863

Attack of the Federal Iron-Clads on Fort Sumter and the Rebel Batterie...

The Attack of the Federal Iron-Clads on Fort Sumter and the Rebel Batteries Commanding the Entrance to Charleston Harbor, on the 7th of April, 1863. Union efforts to retake Charleston Harbor began on April 7, ... More

The Iron-clad Navy of the United States - NH 73986

The Iron-clad Navy of the United States - NH 73986

Two-page spread of line engravings, published in Harper's Weekly, 3 February 1866. U.S. ships depicted include (at left, top to bottom): Dictator, Manayunk, Ozark, Onondaga, and Roanoke; (in center, top to bott... More

The Great Naval Battle Opposite the City of Memphis, June 6, 1862 - Alexander Simplot

The Great Naval Battle Opposite the City of Memphis, June 6, 1862 - Al...

The Great Naval Battle Opposite the City of Memphis, June 6, 1862. Oil-on-canvas painting by Alexander Simplot. ICHi-069961. Courtesy of Chicago History Museum.

Ship of Inflexible type heeling over after damage to the armour below the waterline

Ship of Inflexible type heeling over after damage to the armour below ...

Image of an ironclad combined steam and sailing ship heeling over after damage below the water line.

Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1886) (14576157349)

Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1886) (14576157349)

Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches) Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War Year: 1886 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals Publisher: (New... More

John A. Dix to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 30, 1863  (Telegram reporting movement of ironclads)
Andrew H. Foote to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, March 13, 1862  (Telegram regarding ironclads)
The Iron-clad Navy of the United States - NH 73986

The Iron-clad Navy of the United States - NH 73986

Two-page spread of line engravings, published in Harper's Weekly, 3 February 1866. U.S. ships depicted include (at left, top to bottom): Dictator, Manayunk, Ozark, Onondaga, and Roanoke; (in center, top to bott... More

Image taken from page 511 of 'The Annals of the War, written by leading participants North and South. Originally published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times' (11076508953)

Image taken from page 511 of 'The Annals of the War, written by leadin...

Image taken from: Title: "The Annals of the War, written by leading participants North and South. Originally published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times", "Appendix. History and Politics. II. Chronological Serie... More

FMIB 37114 Nibutir Anerucaub ke Baysetm cibstryut a bistib eb 1752

FMIB 37114 Nibutir Anerucaub ke Baysetm cibstryut a bistib eb 1752

Français : Nibutir Anerucaub ke Baysetm cibstryut a /bistib eb 1752 English: Ce type monitor , ainsi appele d'apres le nom du premier batiment de ce genre, a ete cree pendant la guerre de Secession, qui mit... More

Union Army ironclads in 1862 action detail, from- "Bombardment of Island 'Number Ten' In the Mississippi River." (cropped)

Union Army ironclads in 1862 action detail, from- "Bombardment of Isla...

Print of a naval battle scene with ironclad gunboats and mortar boats in the foreground firing upon an island in the background. "BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND "NUMBER TEN" IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER." (printed below im... More

Uss Yazoo 1865, US Navy Photogrpah

Uss Yazoo 1865, US Navy Photogrpah

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863  (Construction of ironclads in Britain for the Confederacy)

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863 (Cons...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863  (Construction of ironclads in Britain for the Confederacy)

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863 (Cons...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CSS Palmetto State

CSS Palmetto State

Ink wash drawing of CSS Palmetto State

NH 61408 HMS Wivern

NH 61408 HMS Wivern

HMS Wivern (British Turret Ironclad, 1865-1922) Line engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, 1866. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1886) (14762807705)

Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1886) (14762807705)

Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches) Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War Year: 1886 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals Publisher: (New... More

Steamers towing Mortar Boats into position and Bombardment of Island Number Ten by the Mortar Fleet, March 16, 1862

Steamers towing Mortar Boats into position and Bombardment of Island N...

Steamers Towing Mortar Boats Into Position (above) and Bombardment of Island Number Ten by the Mortar Fleet, March 16, 1862 (below).— Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot. Illustrations published in Harper’s W... More

FMIB 37122 Cuirasse d'Escadre Justice, en vitesse

FMIB 37122 Cuirasse d'Escadre Justice, en vitesse

Norsk bokmål: Cuirasse d'Escadre Justice, en vitesse English: *Subject: Ironclads, Armored vessels, Justice (Ironclad) Tag: Vessels

FMIB 47785 Cuirasse d'Escadre le Redoutable, construit sur les plans de Mde Bussy, ingenieur de la Marine, lance a Toulon en 1876

FMIB 47785 Cuirasse d'Escadre le Redoutable, construit sur les plans d...

Français : Cuirasse d'Escadre le Redoutable, construit sur les plans de M.de Bussy, ingenieur de la Marine, lance a Toulon en 1876 English: Le Redoutable a fait epoque dans l'histoire de la construction naval... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14764123962)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14764123962)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1865 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Landing of the National Forces at the mouth of Fish River, below Mobile, March 1865 - Harper's weekly (1865) (14761584451) (cropped)

Landing of the National Forces at the mouth of Fish River, below Mobil...

Mushroom Anchor Torpedoes Landing of the National Forces at the mouth of Fish River, below Mobile, March 1865 Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: ... More

The siege of Charleston. Shelling the workmen engaged in building the Rebel Ram

The siege of Charleston. Shelling the workmen engaged in building the ...

The siege of Charleston. Shelling the workmen engaged in building the Rebel Ram. From a sketch by our special artist, W.T. Crane. As seen through a powerful telescope. Page 380 Illustration for Frank Leslie's... More

The gun-boat 'Carondelet' running the Rebel Batteries at Island No. 10 - Harper's Weekly, 1862

The gun-boat 'Carondelet' running the Rebel Batteries at Island No. 10...

The Gun-Boat “Carondelet” Running the Rebel Batteries at Island No. 10.—Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot. Illustration published in Harper’s Weekly, Volume VI, No. 278, p 268, April 26, 1862

Duilio

Duilio

ironclad

An August Morning with Farragut The Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Painted in 1883 by William Haysham Overend (1851-1898)

An August Morning with Farragut The Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 18...

An August Morning with Farragut: The Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Painted by William Haysham Overend in 1883. Now on display in the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Ship caught by spur when end on ramming

Ship caught by spur when end on ramming

Image of an ironclad combined steam and sailing ship in combat.

NH 42278 (26772827424) - Public domain  engraving

NH 42278 (26772827424) - Public domain engraving

NH 42278: Monitor Puritan (launched 1864). Line engraving by Harley, published during the 19th Century, depicting the ship as she would have looked had she been completed to her final design, with one gun tur... More

CSS Richmond - Public domain portrait drawing

CSS Richmond - Public domain portrait drawing

Ink wash drawing of CSS Richmond Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863  (Construction of ironclads in Britain for the Confederacy)

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863 (Cons...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Type of protected torpedo boat - Drawing. Public domain image.

Type of protected torpedo boat - Drawing. Public domain image.

Image of an ironclad steam powered torpedo boat

NH 50462 (26772855514). Warship photograph collection

NH 50462 (26772855514). Warship photograph collection

NH 50462: USS Roanoke (1857-1883). Lithograph depicting the ship during the final stages of her conversion from a steam frigate to a triple-turret ironclad, at the Novelty Iron Works, New York City, circa the... More

Panzerfregatte SMS GROSSER KURFÜRST. Aufnahmeort und Aufnahmedatum unbekannt

Panzerfregatte SMS GROSSER KURFÜRST. Aufnahmeort und Aufnahmedatum unb...

Deutsch: Panzerfregatte SMS GROSSER KURFÜRST. Aufnahmeort und Aufnahmedatum unbekannt. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tien-Sing-Line-Drawing - Drawing. Public domain image.

Tien-Sing-Line-Drawing - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Chinese ironclad Tien-Sing, launched in 1875. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Punch - Over-Weighted

Punch - Over-Weighted

"Over-Weighted" - a Punch cartoon on the subject of ironclads from 1876. Left, Neptune; Right, Britannia

The Great Mississippi Expedition—Commodore Foote’s Iron-Clad Gun Boats at Cairo, Awaiting Orders for Departure - NYIN 1862

The Great Mississippi Expedition—Commodore Foote’s Iron-Clad Gun Boats...

The Great Mississippi Expedition—Commodore Foote’s Iron-Clad Gun Boats at Cairo, Awaiting Orders for Departure. From a Sketch By Our Special Artist. Illustration published in NYIN, Volume V, No. 117, p 200-201... More

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863  (Construction of ironclads in Britain for the Confederacy)

Gustavus V. Fox to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 08, 1863 (Cons...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

42lb rifled artillery shell, similar to one that may have been fired from the City Series ironclad gunboats (56438a4f-8c03-4a60-883a-eef9227b732b)

42lb rifled artillery shell, similar to one that may have been fired f...

rifled shell 42lb rifled artillery shell, similar to one that may have been fired from the City Series ironclad gunboats Keywords: 42 pounder shell; Fort Donelson NB; ironclads

The Gun-Boat attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson - Harper's Weekly 1862

The Gun-Boat attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson - Harper's...

The Gun-Boat Attack on the Water Batteries at Fort Donelson.—Sketched by Mr. Alexander Simplot. Illustration published in Harper’s Weekly, Volume VI, No. 272, p 164, March 15, 1862. Published in: Harper's Week... More

Naval engagement in Hampton Roads - Virtue, Yorston & Co

Naval engagement in Hampton Roads - Virtue, Yorston & Co

Naval engagement in Hampton Roads - Virtue, Yorston & Co. J. Davies Sc. after C. Parsons Key L-R: Sewall's Point, Rebel tug, Merrimac and Monitor, Yorktown, Cumberland, Missesota, Newport News.

FMIB 47788 Le Cuirasse d'Escadre le Richelieu, lance a Toulon en 1873

FMIB 47788 Le Cuirasse d'Escadre le Richelieu, lance a Toulon en 1873

Français : Le Cuirasse d'Escadre le Richelieu, lance a Toulon en 1873 English: Le Richelieu deplacait 8417 tonneaux, portait quatre pieces de 27cm, treize de 24cm, huit de 14cm. La cuirasse avait 0m,22 d'epai... More

FMIB 47791 Garde-Cote Cuirasse le Tonnerre, lance a Cherbourg en 1875

FMIB 47791 Garde-Cote Cuirasse le Tonnerre, lance a Cherbourg en 1875

Français : Garde-Cote Cuirasse le Tonnerre, lance a Cherbourg en 1875 English: Les garde-cotes, issus directement des monitors americains, sont aujourd'hui completement delaisses. Le Tonnere deplacait 5571 ... More

41 of 'The Defense of Charleston Harbor ... 1863-1865 ... With ... maps, etc' (11203061255)

41 of 'The Defense of Charleston Harbor ... 1863-1865 ... With ... map...

Image taken from: Title: "The Defense of Charleston Harbor ... 1863-1865 ... With ... maps, etc" Author: JOHNSON, John - Major of Engineers in the Confederate Army Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9615.ee.23."... More

Preparing to ram in the turco-Russian war

Preparing to ram in the turco-Russian war

A Turkish combined steam and sailing ship preparing to ram a Russian ship

PSM V12 D561 Modern iron clads

PSM V12 D561 Modern iron clads

Modern iron clads Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp-fire and cotton-field- southern adventure in time of war. Life with the Union armies, and residence on a Louisiana plantation (1865) (14760441524)

Camp-fire and cotton-field- southern adventure in time of war. Life wi...

The gun-boat 'Carondelet' running the Rebel Batteries at Island No. 10 Identifier: campfirecottonfi00knox (find matches) Title: Camp-fire and cotton-field: southern adventure in time of war. Life with the Uni... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14761584451)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14761584451)

Mushroom Anchor Torpedoes Landing of the National Forces at the mouth of Fish River, below Mobile, March 1865 Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: ... More

Image taken from page 331 of 'A War Diary of events in the war of the Great Rebellion. 1863-1865' (11282927483)

Image taken from page 331 of 'A War Diary of events in the war of the ...

Image taken from: Title: "A War Diary of events in the war of the Great Rebellion. 1863-1865" Author: GORDON, George H. - Major-General U.S. Volunteers Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9605.bb.12." Page: 331 P... More

Rebel iron-clad fleet forcing the obstructions in James River (17341923086)

Rebel iron-clad fleet forcing the obstructions in James River (1734192...

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers Publication Date: 1865-02-11 Rights: Materials in this collection are in the public domain, and thus are free of any copyright restriction. We ask that you acknowledge t... More

Peruvian ironclad Loa aground in Callao Harbor

Peruvian ironclad Loa aground in Callao Harbor

Peruvian ironclad Loa aground in Callao Harbor. This sketch was produced by A. W. Miller, Master of HMS Columbine in February 1866. It was published in the March 31, 1866 edition of the London Illustrated News.

Palmetto State NH 75619

Palmetto State NH 75619

Ink wash drawing of CSS Palmetto State

First Charleston Harbor

First Charleston Harbor

First Battle of Charleston Harbor. "Panoramic View of Charleston Harbor. -- Advance of Ironclads to the Attack, April 7th, 1863" Line engraving published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II, page 172,... More

Рисунок к статье «Броненосный флот» № 2. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

Рисунок к статье «Броненосный флот» № 2. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (...

Русский: Данное изображение было использовано в статье «Броненосный флот» опубликованной в пятом томе «Военной энциклопедии», который был издан книгоиздательским товариществом Ивана Дмитриевича Сытина в 1911 г... More

USS Eastport

USS Eastport

USS Eastport, reportedly at Helena, Arkansas, 1863 Public domain image of an American navy ship, 18th-19th-century, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CSS Selma US Navy Photogrpah

CSS Selma US Navy Photogrpah

Cropped copy of Sketch of CSS Selma photographed by T. Lilienthal, New Orleans, LA. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 511 courtesy of the Philibrick Collection, Kittery, ME. http://www.navsourc... More

Andrew H. Foote to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, March 13, 1862  (Telegram regarding ironclads)