Taft, J. W. Red River Rapids
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06739.10 Author/Creator: Taft, J. W. Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864 May 20 Pagination: 1 albumen ; 19.7 x 24.4 cm. Order a Copy
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 through the damn. The damn was constructed by Lt. Col. Bailey of the U.S.A." Constructed in order for David Porter's fleet to get up the Red River.
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