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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59345

The Tower of Belem, Lisbon Harbor, Portugal


Firing on USS Niagara and USS Sacramento, 28 March 1865.
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 13 May 1865, page 301.
This incident resulted when Niagara was shifting her berth in the harbor and was briefly fired upon by the harbor fortification, on the presumption that she was trying to follow CSS Stonewall to sea before expiration of the 24-hour waiting period mandated by international law. Portugal later apologized for the incident.

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3 February 2003