Photo #: NH 1055
"The 'Tennessee' at Bay, in the Battle of Mobile Bay",
5 August 1864
Halftone reproduction of a Currier & Ives lithograph, published
in "Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Fearless Man of Action",
by Charles Lee Lewis. The original lithograph was provided by
Mr. Franklin Buchanan Owen. Another copy is reportedly held by
the Library of Congress.
This view depicts, none too accurately, the CSS Tennessee
in the center at the time she surrendered, surrounded by the
Union warships. The latter include (at right) the twin-turret
monitors Chickasaw and Winnebago at right. One
of the single-turret monitors would be Manhattan. There
was no second single-turret monitor present at this stage of
the battle. The large ship in the left foreground is presumably
USS Hartford. Fort Morgan is shown in the right distance,
but much closer to the action than was actually the case.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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