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NH 42218 CSS Virginia destroying USS Congress, 8 March 1862

Photo #: NH 42218 CSS Virginia destroying USS Congress, 8 March 1862
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Title: CSS Virginia destroying USS Congress, 8 March 1862
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Description: Painting by Xanthus Smith, depicting Virginia at left, firing into the Congress. The masts of the sunken USS Cumberland are in the right background. Other Confederate warships are visible in the distance, toward the left. Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42218
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