Farragut's fleet passing the forts below New Orleans

Night battle scene showing Union naval ships and various other vessels on the Mississippi River between Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the early morning hours of April 24, 1862. A Confederate ironclad, CSS Manassas, appears to be pushing a fire raft into a Union ship at left, possibly the flagship USS Hartford. The sky is filled with flares and ammunition bursts. Some cannon balls can be seen hitting the water's surface.