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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42918

Scene off City Point, James River, Virginia
,
shortly after the action of 15 May 1862

Sketch, possibly by Edward H. Schmidt (a crewman on USS Mahaska). Items identified by numbers include:
1. USS Mahaska; 2. Schooner N.C. Claver; 3. tug Dragon; 4. USS Monitor; 5. USS Wachusett; 6. chartered steamer; 7. a schooner; 8. a gunboat; 9. USS Galena, disabled; 10. City Point, James River, abandoned.

Sketch was received from Mrs. W.L. Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, with her letter dated 26 August 1933.

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20 February 2001