Photo #: NH 72888
"The Gun Deck of the Merrimac"
Line engraving published in the "Illustrated Times of London",
31 May 1862, purporting to depict the guns of CSS Virginia
(ex-USS Merrimack) in action.
This scene is entirely fanciful: The guns are British Armstrong
100-Pounder breech loading rifles, which Virginia did
not have; the gunports are much too large; and the crews' clothing
appears to combine features of British and French naval uniforms.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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