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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59438

USS Lehigh
(1863-1904)

The monitor's officers pose on deck, probably while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65.
Probably photographed by the Matthew Brady organization.
Note dent in the conning tower from a Confederate cannon shot. Compare this view with Photo # NH 59436, showing how the turret has rotated while the conning tower remained stationary.

The original negative is # 111-B-616 in the National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 635 pixels

 

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9 October 2001