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NH 63239 "Action between the Merrimac and the Monitor"

Photo #: NH 63239  "Action between the Merrimac and the Monitor"
Title: "Action between the Merrimac and the Monitor"
Caption:
Description: Photo #: NH 63239 Action between the Merrimac and the Monitor Line engraving by J. Rogers after a drawing by A.C. Warren, published by Samuel Walker, Boston, 1862. It depicts CSS Virginia (Merrimac), at left, in battle with USS Monitor, in the center. At right is USS Minnesota, shown much closer to the action than was actually the case. Ships shown in the distance are identified on the print as (from left center to right center): CSS Jamestown, CSS Yorktown, USS Congress and USS Cumberland. The latter two had been sunk by the Virginia on the previous day. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 63239
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