Engraving from "battles and leaders of the civil war", new york: the century co. , 1887, vol. 1, p. 489. Of pittsburg landing taken from a photograph a few days after the battle of shiloh (tennessee), april 6-7, 1862. Six steamers docked at pittsburg landing, tennessee river. Image caption: "of the six transports, the one farthest up stream, on the right, is the tycoon, which was dispatched by the cincinnati branch of the sanitary commission with stores for the wounded. The next steamer is the tigress, which was general grant's headquarters boat during the shiloh campaign. On the opposite side of the river is seen the gun-boat tyler. ". Date: 1887.
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