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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 65697

"Sinking of the Pirate Alabama by the Kearsarge."


Line engraving by Roberts, published in "Leslie's Illustrated", depicting CSS Alabama sinking in the foreground, with USS Kearsarge at left and the British yacht Deerhound in the right distance. The battle took place off Cherbourg, France, on 19 June 1864.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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14 June 2000