Destruction of the Westfield,Union vessel,Galveston Bay,Confederate,1863,Renshaw

Title: Destruction of the Westfield
Date Created/Published: Chicago, Ill. : The Puritan Press Co., c1894.
Summary: Print shows the Union vessel, Westfield, being destroyed January 1, 1863, after running aground in Galveston Bay; rather than let the ship fall into Confederate hands, the crew was offloaded and a charge set, which prematurely exploded before everyone had reached safety, killing all the crew members, including Caption Renshaw, in two lifeboats just setting off from the Westfield.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co., c1894, v. 2, p. 422.
Subjects:
Renshaw, William Bainbridge,--1816-1863--Military service.
Gunboats--Union--Texas--Galveston Bay--1860-1870.
Explosions--Texas--Galveston Bay--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Union.
Book illustrations--1890-1900.
Wood engravings--1860-1870--Reproductions--1890-1900.
Bookmark /2003663122/
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