Steamer "General Bragg." [1862-1865 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0348 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 22.2 x 16.5 cm Order a Copy
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 beign 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.
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