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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 1052

Battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862


Lithograph by Kurtz and Allison, 1889, depicting the two ironclads in action in the center distance.
The scene includes the sinking of USS Congress, and the rescue of her crewmen by troops ashore, events which actually took place on the previous day.

Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 565 pixels

 

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25 April 2001