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Condition: Horizontal folds; dog ear at upper right; loss of paper at bottom corners; hole in the top center margin; glue stains on corners; brown stain at top margin; paper glued to reverse; nail (?) hole in upper center.
Original drawing location: CW-FHS-LA-3/7/63 (Box 8.)
Physical description of original: Graphite on wove paper ; 7.5 x 10 in.
Recto: "[in ink, different hand] JB."
Verso: "Scene on the levee at Baton Rouge, La. Contrabands discharge the ammunition from the U.S. Transport North Star [?], Capt. S over the Mississippi steamer "Iberville." The Iberville has quite a history in connection with the military operations on the Mississippi. She was taken possession of by the U.S. Authorities on the taking of New Orleans, and has been engaged as a transport every since. She has several times run the gauntlet of rebel batteries and of guerillas frequently. She sustained a fire from a battery of 6 guns upward of 20 minutes while passing Donaldsonville having 4 men killed and 4 wounded, one of her engines disabled and her upper works riddled [like?] an eel trap. She affords a picturesque [?] the trim and clean naval architecture of the North Star alongside." "[signed] F.H.S."
