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NH 58756 Bombardment of Sewell's Point, Virginia, 8 May 1862

Photo #: NH 58756 Bombardment of Sewell's Point, Virginia, 8 May 1862
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Title: Bombardment of Sewell's Point, Virginia, 8 May 1862
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Description: Print published in Fiveash, Virginia-Monitor Engagement, Norfolk, Virginia, 1907. It depicts USS Monitor (at left) accompanied by the Federal warships Naugatuck, Dacotah, Seminole and Susquehanna (listed in no particular order, and depicted rather inaccurately), firing on the Confederate batteries at Sewell's point, near Norfolk. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 58756
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