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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59349

"Destruction of a Schooner off Cumberland Inlet, Georgia, by the Boats of the 'Alabama' -- Sketched by an Officer of the 'Alabama'."


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1862 volume, page 65, depicting a typical incident of the Civil War blockade of the southern coast, circa late 1861 or early 1862.
USS Alabama, which was then serving on the blockade of South Carolina and Georgia, is depicted in the right center distance.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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1 June 2002