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NH 504 "The Last Broadside of the Varuna"

Photo #: NH 504  "The Last Broadside of the Varuna"
Description: The Last Broadside of the Varuna. Line engraving, published circa the 1860s, depicting USS Varuna continuing to fire at Confederate forces as she sank, during the battle off Forts Jackson and St. Philip, below New Orleans, Louisiana, on 24 April 1862. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 504
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  • Civil War 1861-1865
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