| Credit: | by Lytle (Andrew D.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.01.18 |
| Equipment: | cannon; pike |
| Locations & Lines: | Baton Rouge LA; Louisiana; Mississippi River |
| Military Units: | CS Navy; US Navy |
| Transports: | side-wheeler; CSS General Sterling Price; USS General Price |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; Naval History and Heritage Command |
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Naval History and Heritage Command says: USS General Price (1863-1865). Off Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 18 January 1864.
Library of Congress says: U.S.S. General Price with sailors and a large cannon at the stern with a small boat in tow, off Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [Notation on verso: “A very good picture of the U.S.S. “Genl. Price” taken as she laid off Baton Rouge. The plantation & sugar house opposite. The orange trees green. Steps on the starboard quarter. A boat hoisted on the starboard davits with a canvas cover over it. Horns on the pilot house. Shield between the chimneys. That look like doors on the stern bulkhead are pikes, 2 racks of 12 each. The ward room is under the pilot house.”]