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THB[CIVIL WAR]. Albumen photograph of USS Benton off Vicksburg, MS. [1860s].
![[CIVIL WAR]. Albumen photograph of USS Benton off Vicksburg, MS. [1860s].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/8589/8589572.jpeg?t=1LMY25)
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LiveJun 25, 2021
The June 25 American Historical Ephemera and Photography Auction features an exciting assemblage of 18th-early 20th century material, including Civil War archives, Early Photography, Western Americana, Autographs and Manuscripts, and more. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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8 x 6 1/8 in. oval albumen photograph on cardstock mount, framed, and glazed, 14 x 12 in. (sharp and rich image with strong contrast, even toning, light staining on mount, not examined outside frame). Captioned on mount below image, "USS Benton off Vicksburg, Miss." A close view of the USS Benton including crew on deck.
USS Benton was taken up from the civilian trade, converted into a warship, and commissioned on February 24, 1862, into the Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla. One of that fleet's heaviest armed warships, she spent her entire career as the flagship of the Brown Water Navy hosting both Admirals David Porter and Andrew Foote. In October 1862, the navy assumed command of all military vessels on the Mississippi with Benton assigned to patrol duty on the Yazoo River. During the opening stage of the Vicksburg Campaign in April 1863, Benton "led a nighttime charge past the guns" of the river bastion and was hit at least five times by Rebel batteries, causing casualties. Later in the month, Benton steamed with seven ironclads to bombard enemy shore batteries at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. Once more a Confederate shell penetrated Benton's armor, this time accounting for 25 men wounded. In April 1864, Benton participated in the ill-conceived Red River Campaign, and at Shreveport, fired a volley from her forward battery during the attack on Fort DeRussy causing the fort to quickly surrender. By 1865, the war was nearly over for the Brown Water Navy. USS Benton's last mission was a return to Shreveport in June to take possession of the surrendered ironclad CSS Missouri.
The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection Lots 79-98; 116; 138-153; and 266
Cowan's is pleased to offer the third installment of Richard B. Cohen's collection of Civil War Brown Water Navy photography. Richard was known to many in the field as a "disciplined collector who maintained a relatively narrow focus having built an important, perhaps unsurpassed collection in his area of specialization." From cartes de visite to large format photographs, this portion of the collection features a noteworthy selection of images of Brown Water Navy warships, among them, the USS Benton, Choctaw, Lafayette, and Louisville. Many important identified naval officers are also represented, including an exquisite CDV of the promising young officer, Lieutenant Commander William Gwin, who died of wounds aboard the USS Benton following an artillery duel with Confederate forces at Snyder's Bluff, and an exceptionally large war-date photograph of the controversial commander of the USS Pittsburgh, Egbert Thompson.
This auction also features a premiere selection of autographs and manuscripts from Richard's carefully curated collection. Highlights include a letter from Jefferson Davis to his distant cousin, John J. Pettus, Governor of Mississippi, dated a year before secession, conveying intricate plans for securing armaments in preparation for the war; an Abraham Lincoln signed endorsement; a letter from Admiral D.G. Farragut from New Orleans, offering excellent insight into his "political" thinking as well as his dedication to his work; correspondence from Gideon Welles, David Dixon Porter, U.S. Grant, and W.T. Sherman; and a pair of superb letters with highly descriptive accounts of the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac.
Provenance: The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection - Shipping Info
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