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NH 574 USS Monitor (1862)

Photo #: NH 574  USS Monitor (1862)
Description: Crewmen relaxing on deck, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, on 9 July 1862. View looks forward on the starboard side, with the gun turret beyond. Note men playing checkers at right. Another man is reading a newspaper by the starboard smokestack. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 574
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