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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 1998

Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
, 15 May 1862

Contemporary pencil sketch by F.H. Wilcke, depicting the Union warships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right), under the command of Commander John Rodgers, bombarding the Confederate fort at Drewry's Bluff.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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5 January 2001