Photo #: NH 1169
Action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, 19
June 1864
Print depicting the Alabama sinking at the close of the
battle, with small portraits of the two ships' commanders, John
A. Winslow (left) and Raphael Semmes.
Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 50453-KN (Color)
"Last of the Alabama"
"Commodore Winslows Grand Victory March"
Lithographed cover of Civil War era sheet music, published by
J. Mensh, Philadelphia.
Courtesy of Lester S. Levy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52025
USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
The ship's after XI-inch Dahlgren pivot gun, trained out to port,
circa the 1870s. This gun has an iron pivot mounting, of a type
adopted after the Civil War. Mounted on the right side of the
gun carriage, just behind the gun trunnion, is a plaque bearing
the name "Winslow", after Kearsarge's commanding
officer in 1864, Captain John A. Winslow.
The port side ladder to the quarter deck is at the left.
Courtesy of George H. Stegman.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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