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NH 42392 "Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864"

Photo #: NH 42392 "Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864"
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Title: "Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864"
Description: Photo #: NH 42392 Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864 Reproduction of an 1864 pen & ink drawing by George S. Waterman, C.S.N., depicting the action as seen from above and inside the entrance to Mobile Bay. Confederate ships present are (as identified on the drawing): Selma, Morgan, Gaines (shown twice, in the battle line, and beached off Fort Morgan after the battle) and Tennessee. Union monitors shown are (from the front of the line): Tecumseh (sinking after striking a mine), Manhattan, Winnebago and Chickasaw. The leading two steam sloops in the Union line are Brooklyn and Hartford. Small diagram in the lower right represents the various efforts by Union ships to ram the Tennessee later in the action. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42392
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