Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Vicksburg National Military Park 3201 Clay Street, Box 349 Cairo Museum Vicksburg Mississippi 39180 Accession Number: 163
Notes:
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
(Lower right, in green:) SIMS signed
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Summary:
The U.S.S. Cairo with lone crewman on deck. Gunboat is gray, white puffs of smoke billow from smoke stacks, a U.S. flag waves from the stern. River scene with foliage and tree limb in the left foreground. Trees on opposite shore in background are in full bloom.
