NH 59292 "Sinking of the 'Alabama' ('290'), Captain Semmes, after an hour's engagement with the 'Kearsarge', Captain Winslow, off Cherbourg, France, June 19th, 1864."

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Title: "Sinking of the 'Alabama' ('290'), Captain Semmes, after an hour's engagement with the 'Kearsarge', Captain Winslow, off Cherbourg, France, June 19th, 1864."

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Description: Photo #: NH 59292 Sinking of the 'Alabama' ('290'), Captain Semmes, after an hour's engagement with the 'Kearsarge', Captain Winslow, off Cherbourg, France, June 19th, 1864. Line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume II, page 253, depicting USS Kearsarge at left and the British yacht Deerhound at right. In the right center, boats from both vessels are rescuing crewmen from the sinking Alabama. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Catalog #: NH 59292

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