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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 52487

Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


Mid-19th Century line engraving, depicting Constitution's crewmen cheering at the commencement of the battle.
Note boy (at left) running up with powder charges for the guns.

Courtesy of Admiral E. Snow, USN, 1926.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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18 February 2003