Photo #: NH 59292
"Sinking of the 'Alabama' ('290'), Captain Semmes, after
an hour's engagement with the 'Kearsarge', Captain Winslow, off
Cherbourg, France, June 19th, 1864."
Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War",
Volume II, page 253, depicting USS Kearsarge at left and
the British yacht Deerhound at right. In the right center,
boats from both vessels are rescuing crewmen from the sinking
Alabama.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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