Nh 59592: "the gun-boat new era, just built at st. Louis, missouri". Line engraving published in "harper's weekly", 1861, depicting the conversion of the ferry boat new era into a "timberclad" gunboat, circa september-october 1861. The ship was renamed essex later in the year. U. S. Naval history and heritage command. (2016/05/30).
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