File:U.S.S. Cairo.jpg

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English: Photograph of an ironclad gunboat with sailors onboard. Two smaller rowboats are in the foreground with more sailors in them. In the background are other riverboats whose smoke stacks are visible.

"U. S. Civil War Gunboat 'Cairo' - 1863 On far right: 'U. S. Conestoga' 'U. S. Southwestern' This photo is captioned the 'Cairo' by Library of Congress. See Virgil Carrington Jones and Harold L. Peterson, U. S. S. Cairo (Washington: National Park Service, 1971), pp. 12-13. This is The Cairo. See letter, 4/26/80 from David Riggs, U. S. Dept of Interior. Loaned by Sara G. Smith." (written on reverse side).

Ead's gunboat built in Mound City, Illinois.
Title: U.S.S. Cairo.
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Source Missouri History Museum
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Identifier
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P0116-1065
Part of
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Cairo
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U.S.S. Cairo
U.S. Navy
navy
Civil War, 1861-1865
Transportation
Gunboats
Mississippi River
U.S. Conestoga
U.S. Southwestern
Union
Armed Forces
Boats
ironclad gunboat
ironclad boat
Sailors
Men
rowboats
River boats
Rivers
River and Steamboats
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157671
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E6B9B71B-D7DE-973E-7293-181E68E757BC

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