Image: Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14760685724)

Description: Identifier: franklesliesscen00lesl (find matches) Title: Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... Year: 1894 (1890s) Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Subjects: Publisher: New York : Mrs. F. Leslie Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Infernal machine designed by the Confederates to destroy the Federal Flotilla in the Potomac discovered by Captain Budd of the steamer Resolute' Text Appearing After Image: INFERNAL MACHINE DESIGNED BY THE CONFEDERATES TO DESTROY THE FEDERAL FLOTILLA IN THE POTOMAC DISCOVERED BY CAPTAIN BUDD OF THE STEAMER RESOLUTE. An infernal machine designed by the Confederates to blow up the Pawnee and the vessels of the Potomac flotilla, which was set near Aquia Creek, was picked up on the 7th of July, 1861, floating toward the Pawnee. The following description of the article was sent to the, navy department: Two large eighty-gallon oil casks, perfectly watertight, acting as buovs. connected bv twenty-five fathoms of three-and-a-half-ii ioli roj e ^3™/^!squares of cork, every two feet secured to casks by iron handles. A heavy bomb of boiler iron, fitted with a brass tap and filled with Powder. was suspended to the casks six feet under water. On top of the cask was a wooden box, with fuse in a gutta-percha tube. In the centie ot the corK was a platform with a great length of fuse coiled away, occupying the middle of the cask. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14760685724)
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Author: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880
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