Aboard a Gun Deck During the Battle of Fort Henry

Gun-Deck of one of the Mississippi Gun-Boats Engaged in the Attack on Fort Henry
– sketched by Alexander Simplot –

Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, February 22, 1862

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