Drawing of Nashville wharf with riverboats

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December 18, 1862

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Felix G. Woodward Library

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The wharf at Nashville in the winter of 1862. / ?acket, loaded with [Federal] military supplies. are left to right: the 'Rob Roy', 'Belle Peoria', 'Irene', 'Revenue', 'Palestine' [-has a hole in its prow, just above her water line which the ships carpenter is repairing] , 'Lizzie / Martin', and 'Mercury' - [a famous Ohio river packet boat] . Image is from a photo owned by Maj. K. C. Lewis.

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Steamboats, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Nashville, (Tenn.)

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