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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 45740

"The U.S. Steamer Mount Vernon Reconnoitreing the Unfinished Rebel Batteries on Mathias Point, on the Virginia Bank of the Potomac, Sixty Miles below Washington."


Line engraving published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", 1861, depicting a scene on the foredeck of USS Mount Vernon (later renamed Mount Washington) during her operations on the Potomac River in mid-1861. Note the 32-pounder smoothbore gun.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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8 October 2002