Steamer "General Bragg." [1862-1865 ca.]

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0348-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1862-1865 ca.
Title
Steamer "General Bragg." [1862-1865 ca.]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 22.2 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Long purple ink inscription of W. H. Chamberlain pasted on verso. Chamberlain claims to have spoken to Capt. J. Frank Richardson, who identified this ship as the "General Bragg." However, the inscription has been crossed out and the name "The General Bragg" has been struck on the recto." Graphite inscription on recto "(For the book)." Stamp of Century Company and graphite inscription "VI 83" on verso. The Naval Historic Society identifies this image as beign that of the "General Bragg." She served the Confederacy as the "cottonclad" ram CSS General Bragg in 1862 and was captured off Memphis, Tennessee, on 6 May of that year. The "General Bragg" was then galvanized and put into the service of the Union.

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