Aboard a Gun Deck During the Battle of Fort Henry

Posted 2/6/2012 By Laura June Davis

Gun-Deck of one of the Mississippi Gun-Boats Engaged in the Attack on Fort Henry
- sketched by Alexander Simplot -

Image Credit: Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1862

Southern Belle or Female Rebel?

Good morning! In honor of Women's History Month we thought we would share this Harper's Weekly image (shown to the left). Along with the front page illustration the authors of Harper's Weekly provided the following commentary:

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