Alfred Washington Ellet, detail

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Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 24, 2013.
Image type
photograph
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Yes
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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Public
Original caption
Brig. Gen. Alfred W. Ellet
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

Alfred Washington Ellet

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 24, 2013.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Brig. Gen. Alfred W. Ellet
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

Off Vicksburg, the U.S.S. Cincinnati is sunk with heavy losses as six men win Medals of Honor

The sternwheel gunboat U.S.S. Cincinnati had been sunk at Fort Pillow the previous year, raised, and repaired.  Struck with multiple shells during a bombardment of Vicksburg, she once again sank with the loss of forty men amongst her 250 crew.  Six sailors were later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during the engagement.  The Cincinnati was once again raised and served till war's end. (By John Osborne)  
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U.S.S. Cincinnati, circa 1863

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Naval Historical Center.
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 22, 2013.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center, Washington D.C.
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
USS Cincinnati (1862-1865)
Source citation
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph Collection
Source note
Photograph # NH 63211

General John Schofield replaces abolitionist General Samuel Curtis in the Department of the Missouri

General John M. Schofield was appointed as commander of the Department of the Missouri to replace General Samuel R. Curtis.  Curtis was a prominent Republican and a former member of congress who had clashed with the Missouri governor Hamilton Rowan Gamble over abolition to the extent that President Lincoln was forced to reassign him.  Pro-Unionists in the state, in turn, considered Schofield as too soft on rebels and the raiders plaguing Missouri. Schoefield moved to the Department of the Ohio in February 1864.  (By John Osborne)  
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