Photo #: NH 63362
Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, USN
Standing beside a 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle, on board USS Pawnee
in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, circa 1863-1865. He was
then commanding the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Identification of the gun is from Warren Ripley: "Artillery
and Ammunition of the Civil War", page 104.
The original negative for this photograph is held by the Library
of Congress (their photo # is LC-B8171-3417).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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