Photo #: LC-USZ62-144
"Bombardment of Fort Fisher"
"Jan. 15th 1865"
Lithograph after a drawing by T.F. Laycock, published by Endicott
& Co., New York, 1865, depicting the North Atlantic Blockading
Squadron bombarding Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in preparation
for its capture. The print is dedicated to Commodore S.W. Godon,
USN.
Ships present, as named on the original print, are (from left
to right in the main battle line): USS Tacony; USS Maumee;
USS Ticonderoga; USS Shenandoah; USS Tuscarora;
USS Juniata; USS Wabash; USS Susquehanna;
USS Colorado; USS Minnesota; USS Brooklyn;
USS New Ironsides and USS Mohican.
Ships in the foreground are (left to right, from the center of
the view): USS Powhatan; USS Mackinaw; USS Vanderbilt
and USS Malvern (Flagship of Rear Admiral David Dixon
Porter).
Monitors in the right middle distance are: USS Monadnock
(with two turrets); USS Mahopac; USS Saugus and
USS Canonicus.
Collections of the Library of Congress.
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