Photo #: NH 59213
Bombardment of Sewell's Point, Virginia, 8 May 1862
Print published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor Engagement",
Norfolk, Virginia, 1907. It depicts CSS Virginia (at left)
making her appearance near Craney Island as USS Monitor
(left center) and other Federal warships withdraw after bombarding
Sewell's Point, near Norfolk. The other U.S. Navy ships presented
included Naugatuck, Dacotah, Seminole and
Susquehanna.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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