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NH 42224 "Virginia returning to Hampton Roads from James River to attack Congress. Newport News Batteries Silenced"

Photo #: NH 42224 "Virginia returning to Hampton Roads from James River to attack Congress. Newport News Batteries Silenced"
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Title: "Virginia returning to Hampton Roads from James River to attack Congress. Newport News Batteries Silenced"
Description: Photo #: NH 42224 Virginia returning to Hampton Roads from James River to attack Congress. Newport News Batteries Silenced Halftone reproduction of an artwork, published in Fiveash, Virginia-Monitor Engagement, Norfolk, Va., 1907. It depicts CSS Virginia's destruction of USS Cumberland and USS Congress off Newport News, Virginia, on 8 March 1862. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42224
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