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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 79925
"Rescuing the Crew of the Monitor Tecumseh."
Artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume
II, page 65, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907.
It depicts Federal sailors in boats rescuing survivors of USS
Tecumseh off Fort Morgan, Alabama, as the Battle of Mobile
Bay rages around them.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 555 pixels
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