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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 55328

Burning of USS Congress, 8 March 1862


Line engraving after a painting by J.O. Davidson, published 1892 with the permission of C. Klackner, New York. It depicts Congress burning, with crewmen swimming toward shore, after she was attacked by CSS Virginia, which is visible in the right background.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 144KB; 440 x 765 pixels

Note
that the original print has been damaged by abrasion in its lower right.

 

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9 May 2001