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Phillip is shown at right and Fort Jackson at left.Ĭourtesy of the U.S. In this view, ships are identified as (starting at top left center, up the river, running down to the right, then across toward the left): Confederate steamers USS Cayuga (leading the Union column), USS Pensacola, burning confederate steamer, USS Varuna, USS Oneida, USS Mississippi (engaging the ram Manassas), USS Richmond, USS Kineo, USS Hartford (flagship, in collision with a fire raft), USS Brooklyn and USS Winona.Ī Confederate fire raft is in the lower right. 'The sight of this night attack was awfully grand, the river was lit up with blazing rafts filled with pine knots and the ships seemed to be fighting literally amidst flames and smoke.'". The enemy with their own hands destroying cotton and shipping valued at from eight to ten millions of dollars. Phillip, Livingston, Pike and the city of New Orleans, as well as the destruction of all the enemy gunboats, rams, floating batteries (iron clad), fire rafts, booms and chains. The attack was commenced on the 18th of April and continued until the 25th resulting in the capture of Forts Jackson, St. The original print bears the following descriptive text: "Destruction of the Rebel gunboats, rams and iron clad batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut. English: "The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862"Ĭolored lithograph, published by Currier & Ives, 1862.
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