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English: "Destruction of the 'Queen of the West' by Union Gun-Boats", A line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting CSS Queen of the West being destroyed in Grand Lake, Louisiana, during an attack by USS Estrella (extreme left), Calhoun (extreme right) and Arizona (second from right).
Date Event date 11 April 1863
Source http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/may/banks-louisiana-campaign.htm
Author Harper's Weekly May 30, 1863; page 340.
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