CIVIL WAR PICTURES

CIVIL WAR PICTURES

Alexander County Illinois Genealogy Trails

CAIRO POST OFFICE

Two of the bystanders are thought to be General U. S. Grant and General John McClernand. The picture was taken in September 1861, soon after both men arrived in the vital Ohio River port. They are supposedly still in mufti, while waiting for their new bridgadier general's uniform to be sent from New York. Gen. Grant is thought to be the man in the center with his hands in his pockets, with Gen. McClernand to his left.

(The picture was donated by J. C. McNelly.)

GENERAL GRANT AT LOOKOUT MT 1863

Left to right: General Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Col. Lagow, Col. Killyer.

(Contributed by Anna Newell, taken from a collection belonging to my uncle, Merrill Bottom.
On the back it says "From Original Plate.")

CITY CLASS IRONCLAD GUNBOATS

Off Cairo, Illinois, in 1863, with barges moored in the foreground.
These ships are (from left to right):
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863);
USS Cincinnati (1862-1865) and
USS Mound City (1862-1865).
Boats are tied astern of Baron de Kalb and Cincinnati.

Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

THE USS CAIRO

The USS Cairo was one of a class of seven ironclad gunboats built for service on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. While patrolling the Yazoo River on Dec. 12, 1862, the Cairo was sunk by the explosion of two Confederate torpedoes over which it passed. Today the Cairo holds another distinction: It is the only surviving intact Union ironclad from the Civil War.

CIVIL WAR VETERANS FROM THE ELCO AREA

Photo contributed by Melvin Hazelwood
*Additional names and date provided by J. C. McNelly

Pictured L-R are: W. W. "Bill" White, *Rev. Long, Soloman Hazelwood, William "Willie" Davis, *Paul Miller, unknown, *John Thompson, *George Thompson, Croft Braddy, *Alexander Jordan, John Heater, Valentine McCrite and Jerry Willson.
*Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) meeting Memorial Day in Elco in 1905.

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