cover pictorially postmarked at Freedom, ME on April 10, 2023.

Image of the ship printed in blue on cachet #2895 by Alvin Eckert, #9964, USCS.

Cover franked with a 6 cent Stone Mountain stamp # 1408 and a 63 cent flag stamp #5788 (FDOI). 

Cover prepared on an Archive Quality Envelope without gum on the flap.

CSS M. Jeff Thompson: a steam-powered side-wheel powered cotton-clad ram converted in New Orleans

in January 1861. She fought at Plum Point Bend and defended Memphis from the Union Navy. After

damaged by Union shells, she burned and her magazine exploded on June 6, 1862.

See her web pages for the details of her design, construction and service history, including battle narratives.

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