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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.01.0348 |
| From Archive Folder | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs |
| Title | Steamer "General Bragg." |
| Date | ca. 1862-1865 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Long purple ink inscription of W. H. Chamberlain pasted on verso. Chamberlain claims to have spoken to Capt. J. Frank Richardson, who identified this ship as the "General Bragg." However, the inscription has been crossed out and the name "The General Bragg" has been struck on the recto." Graphite inscription on recto "(For the book)." Stamp of Century Company and graphite inscription "VI 83" on verso. The Naval Historic Society identifies this image as being that of the "General Bragg." She served the Confederacy as the "cottonclad" ram CSS General Bragg in 1862 and was captured off Memphis, Tennessee, on 6 May of that year. The "General Bragg" was then galvanized and put into the service of the Union. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Steamboat Confederate States of America Navy Union General |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |