Photographer’s Note
The USS Cairo, ironclad river gunboat, was sunk by the Southern Army in 1862. It was retrieved from the Yazoo River bottom a hundred years later and is on display at the Vicksburg National Battlefield. It was the first ship ever sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
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- Copyright: Mark Ritchie (ritchie321) (0)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-10-18
- Categories: Transportation
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2006-11-19 1:26
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