Photo #: NH 59179
"Destruction of the United States Navy-Yard at Norfolk,
Virginia, by Fire, by the United States Troops, on April 20,
1861"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861,
providing two scenes of the burning of Norfolk Navy Yard and
the destruction of ships located there.
Ships shown in the lower scene (as identified below the print),
from left to right: USS United States (afire); tug Yankee
with USS Cumberland (underway, leaving the area); USS
Merrimack (afire in left center distance); USS Pawnee
(underway, leaving the area), and USS Pennsylvania (afire).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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