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Photo #: LC-B8171-3350

CSS Jamestown
and CSS Virginia II

Sunk in the James River, Virginia, near Drewry's Bluff, circa April 1865.
Jamestown, whose paddlebox tops are visible in the center, was sunk as an obstruction off Drewry's Bluff on 15 May 1862. Virginia II was destroyed when the Confederates evacuated Richmond on 3 April 1865.
Photographed by Matthew Brady.

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22 June 2001