Item contributed by Massachusetts Historical Society
This steamer originally operated in Boston for the Nahant Steamboat Company. During the Civil War, the United States Government took ownership of the Nelly Baker and this steamer served as both a transport ship and as a hospital ship. As it traveled through the South, the steamer picked up wounded soldiers.
This photograph is included in Captain Luis Emilio’s collection of photographs related to the regiment, now at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Information derived from: Bradlee, Francis B. C. Some Account of Steam Navigation in New England. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1920.
About item:
Photograph, circa 1863-1864, 5.5 cm x 9 cm.
From the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photographs.
Photo. 72.93.
