Skip to main content
Naval History and Heritage Command

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 51957 "Loss of the 'Monitor' in a Storm off Cape Hatteras, December 30th, 1862. -- Gallant efforts to rescue the Crew by the 'Rhode Island'."

Photo #: NH 51957  "Loss of the 'Monitor' in a Storm off Cape Hatteras, December 30th, 1862. -- Gallant efforts to rescue the Crew by the 'Rhode Island'."
Title: "Loss of the 'Monitor' in a Storm off Cape Hatteras, December 30th, 1862. -- Gallant efforts to rescue the Crew by the 'Rhode Island'."
Caption:
Description: Photo #: NH 51957 Loss of the 'Monitor' in a Storm off Cape Hatteras, December 30th, 1862. Gallant efforts to rescue the Crew by the 'Rhode Island'. Line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume I, page 248. It shows USS Monitor sinking at left, with a boat picking up crewmen, as USS Rhode Island stands by in the right background, firing rockets. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 51957
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
  • Civil War 1861-1865
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials