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Title	USS Vindicator
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
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Subjects - TGM	Steamboats Gunboats Sailors Navies Vessels Naval warfare Warships
Subjects - LCSH	United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865; Steamboats; Gunboats; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865; Rivers
Description	US Navy warship, the USS Vindicator, with soldiers on the top deck in front of the wheel boxes and on the bow. There is a cannon on the stern and three smaller boats tied to the USS Vindicator.
Date	circa 1861-1865
Collection name	Gilbert M. L. Johnson Papers, 1773-1910
Historical note	Many existing side-wheel steamboats were modified for miltary use in the Civil War with reinforcements of timber, iron, or tin being added to the decks. This vessel was not armored at all and used its heavy guns and ram prow to handle Confederate warships.
Accession number	68-369
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	34981
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Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF