Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864 Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft

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Photographs taken from life by Memphis photographer Taft, beginning with Admiral Porter's flagship U.S.S. Blackhawk, also the U.S.S. Tyler, U.S. Navy gun Bat Brown, the Memphis & St. Louis packet boat "The City of Alton," the U.S.S. Fawn, the U.S. Ironclad gun bat "Carondelet" near Vicksburg, U.S. Ironclad "Indianola, and others. Most photographs are oval images of naval vessels.

GLC#
GLC06739
Type
Header Record
Date
1863-1864
Author/Creator
Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864
Title
Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
10 albumens
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Civil War
Military History
Union General
Union Forces
Navy
Ironclad
Maritime

Showing 10 of 10 records

Collection Item
Photograph

U.S. Navy steamboat Daisy

1864 June

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Title from inscription on mount. Identified as Mifs(?) Squadron. Stamp of Frank F. Raciti on verso.

GLC06739.01
Collection Item
Photograph

The hull of the U.S. Ironclad Steamer Indianola

1864 November

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Title from inscription on mount. The U.S.S. Indianola was sunk by Confederate rams and grounded on Jefferson Davis Island, 1863 February 24.

GLC06739.02
Collection Item
Photograph

U.S.S. Carondelet

November 1864

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

The U.S. Ironclad gun boat Carondelet. Photograph taken near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

GLC06739.03
Collection Item
Photograph

U.S. steamer "Fawn"

1864 October

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Inscription on mount reads: "U.S. Steamer Fawn. off Memphis, Tenn. The place where the naval engagement before Memphis, Tenn.

GLC06739.04
Collection Item
Photograph

"The City of Alton"

1864 October

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Memphis & St. Louis Packet Co. Mail Line steamboat.

GLC06739.05
Collection Item
Photograph

U.S. Navy gun boat Brown

1864 July

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Title from inscription on mount.

GLC06739.06
Collection Item
Photograph

U.S.S. Blackhawk

1864 June

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Title from inscription on mount. Flagship Blackhawk while under the command of Admiral Porter. It is the same ship as GLC06739.08.

GLC06739.07
Collection Item
Photograph

U.S.S. Blackhawk

1864 October

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Title from verso. Flagship Blackhawk while under the command of Admiral Porter. It is the same ship as GLC06739.07.

GLC06739.08
Collection Item
Photograph

U.S.S. Tyler

October 1864

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Title from inscription on mount. The U.S.S. Tyler was an ironclad gunboat.

GLC06739.09
Collection Item
Photograph

Red River Rapids

1864 May 20

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Inscription on verso reads: "The dam at the falls in Red River, La. formd by barges amd logs anchored, leaving a channel for passage of our naval vessels, 14 in. all, the heaviest vessels in the NYS(?) Squadron. Nasho and Osage passing over the falls...

GLC06739.10