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Photo #: NH 79935

"For the Third Time the Flag was Replaced"


Artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 79, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1907.
It depicts Quartermaster Daniel Dickinson Stevens replacing the National Colors on board USS Canonicus, while under heavy enemy fire during the bombardment of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in January 1865. He received the Medal of Honor for his heroism on this occasion.

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15 November 2001