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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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