St. Louis Ships Of Iron

[les]

Hi : I posted this link in another spot on here but, thought some Illinois Folks Might like to see this Link, it's a site that shows Some pics of Civil war Battleships that sailed the Mississippi, Just looking at these pics & thinking of How things must have been back in that time period will raise the hair on the back of a persons neck. imagine seeing one of these ships comming around a turn in the River, that would have been a really scary thing to see back in those days, This link also has other links on it's page, anyways ,I found it interesting,

http://www.missouricivilwarmuseum.org/1ironclads.htm

les

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The ironclad gunboat, U.S.S. St. Louis (later renamed the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb). She was sunk July 13, 1863 by a Confederate torpedo (mine) in the Yazoo River of Mississippi. Photo credit: U.S. Naval Archives


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