Keywords: USS Mississippi 1863.jpg USS Mississippi 1863 Source http //www lib lsu edu/special/findaid/Suydam/sidewheeler1 html Original caption Suydam Collection MSS 1394015<br> Image Date Circa 1863<br> Caption Steamship Mississippi Farragut's fleet Mississippi River La Burned by her own after grounding in front of the rebel batteries at Port Hudson during the attack by the fleet on the night of the 14th March 1863 To their mortification chagrin after reaching the shore she floated off blew up five miles below the batteries <br> Photographer Ascribed to McPherson Oliver Baton Rouge PD-old en USS Mississippi 1841 USS Mississippi ship 1841 Mississippi USS |