Photo #: NH 85575-KN (Color)
"The Confederate Sloop-of-War '290', or Alabama, Leaving
the Merchant-Ship Tonowanda
Hand-tinted copy of a line engraving, after a drawing by Smyth,
published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
CSS Alabama captured the packet ship Tonowanda
southeast of Nova Scotia on 8 October 1862. The prize was released
on bond to carry prisoners captured on other ships taken by the
Alabama.
Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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