Photo #: NH 59298
"Charleston Harbor, Looking towards the City"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June
1863, pages 264-65, depicting the Federal fleet off the harbor
mouth at the time of the ironclads' attack on Fort Sumter, 7
April 1863.
U.S. Navy ships specifically identified include New Ironsides
(second from left in the ironclad formation) and Keokuk
(ironclad furthest to the right).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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