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NH 58724 "Destruction of the Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimack', Blown Up by Her Commander, May 11th, 1862"

Photo #: NH 58724 "Destruction of the Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimack', Blown Up by Her Commander, May 11th, 1862"
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Title: "Destruction of the Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimack', Blown Up by Her Commander, May 11th, 1862"
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Description: Photo #: NH 58724 Destruction of the Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimack', Blown Up by Her Commander, May 11th, 1862 Line engraving, published in the Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume I, page 248, depicting the explosion of CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) off Craney Island, Virginia. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 58724
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