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CIVIL
WAR PICTURES
Alexander County
Illinois Genealogy Trails

Cairo
Post Office
General Grant and others
Ironclad Gunboats
USS
Cairo
Veterans from Elco
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.
©2006-2009 Anna Newell,
Alexander County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
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