Photo #: NH 59351
"The Approach of the British Pirate 'Alabama'."
Line engraving after a drawing by Homer, published in "Harper's
Weekly", Volume VII, January-June 1863, page 268, depicting
an anxious scene aboard a merchant ship as the Confederate cruiser
Alabama comes up.
This may represent the capture of the California mail steamer
Ariel off Cuba on 7 December 1862, as there were many
ladies among the prize ship's passengers.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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