Monday, March 2, 2015

Sinkng of the "USS Varuna"

The sinking of the "USS Varuna" by the Confederate gunboats " CSS J. C. Breckenridge"
 and the "CSS Governor Moore," April 24, 1862.  The 'Breckenridge' on the left (above) 
rams the 'Varuna' while the 'Moore' on the right, prepares to ram her other side. 
(From, 'Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Hstory of the Civil War.)

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