Title: Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 15, 1862 Description: USS Carondelet, one of eight Union ironclads built by James B. Eads within one hundred days; this Federal armor-plated gunboat shelled Island No. 10 on April 4, 1862, three days before that bastion was captured and saw service throughout the war; it was heavily damaged on July 15, 1862 by the CSS Arkansas off Vicksburg in the Mississippi River, suffering thirty-five casualties; Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi Date: July 15, 1862 Category: American Civil War Topic: Artwork Keywords: American Civil War, Battle of Island No. 10, CSS Arkansas, USS Carondelet, gunboats, ironclads, Missouri, Mississippi River, Union war vessels, Union warships, Vicksburg, Mississippi Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2475 x 1263 (3.13 MPixels) (1.96) Print Size: 21.0 x 10.7 cm; 8.3 x 4.2 inches File Size: 9.11 MB (9,547,526 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000006671c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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