Photo #: NH 79549-KN (Color)
Combat Naval Livre sur la Rade de Hampton entre l'Escadre
Federale et une Division de la Marine Confederee"
Colored lithograph by LeBreton, after a French officer's sketch,
published in Paris, circa 1862. It depicts the 9 March 1862 battle
between CSS Virginia (called "Merrimac" on the
print) and USS Monitor.
Also shown are CSS Jamestown (left distance), CSS Yorktown
(center distance); USS Congress (right center distance);
USS Cumberland (sunken in right center distance) and USS
Minnesota (right). Congress had actually been set
afire and destroyed by the Virginia on the previous day.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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