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Significant Ships
in service during the Civil War, 1861-1865


Photograph of an original oil painting of a Confederate ironclad with its raised flag sinking a wooden sailing vessel with a raised U.S. flag.

Edward Moran,"Iron versus Wood: Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac. In Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862," [cropped] Oil painting, cira 1829-1901, U.S. Naval Academy (NHHC 80-G-K-17106).


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Published: Thu Jan 27 11:46:36 EST 2022