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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 "Ram Atlanta."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03029.15 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863/06/17 Pagination: Half stereo, 9.6 x 11.0 cm. Unmounted. Order a Copy

[not before Union capture of C.S.S. Atlanta in Wassaw Sound, Ga., , cf. Davis and Wiley, v.1, 1050.] Distant image of C.S.S. Atlanta, presumably after Union capture, with soldiers standing along all three decks.

Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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