Photo #: NH 42224
"Virginia returning to Hampton Roads from James River to
attack Congress. Newport News Batteries Silenced"
Halftone reproduction of an artwork, published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor
Engagement", Norfolk, Va., 1907. It depicts CSS Virginia's
destruction of USS Cumberland and USS Congress
off Newport News, Virginia, on 8 March 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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