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KN-843 Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864

Photo #: KN-843 Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864
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Title: Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864
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Description: Oil on canvas (40 x 66) by Xanthus Smith (1839-1929), signed and dated by the artist, 1890. It depicts the surrender of CSS Tennessee to the Union squadron commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut. Identifiable U.S. Navy ships present include: Winnebago (monitor in the left distance), Chickasaw (monitor in the foreground) and Hartford (Farragut's flagship, in the right center, painted light gray). Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Gift of Henry Huddleston Rogers, 1930. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.color
Catalog #: KN-843
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