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Photo # NH 59286:  USS Montauk destroys the Confederate privateer Rattlesnake, assisted by U.S. gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn

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USS Seneca (1861-1868) -- 1863 and Later Views


This page features all the views we have related to USS Seneca in 1863 and later.

For earlier views of this ship, see:

  • USS Seneca (1861-1868).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 58899

    "The Iron-clad 'Montauk' engaging the Rebel Fort McAllister, in the Ogeechee River, 28th January 1863. -- Sketched by an Officer of the 'Dawn.'"


    Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting USS Montauk in the foreground, firing on the fort. At left, also bombarding, are the U.S. ships Seneca, Wissahickon, Dawn and C.P. Williams.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59286

    Confederate Privateer Rattlesnake

    (ex-CSS Nashville, 1861-1862)

    Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 41, showing Rattlesnake burning after being shelled by the monitor USS Montauk, commanded by Captain John L. Worden, USN, in the Ogeechee River, Georgia on 28 February 1863. Fort McAllister is in the right-center background, and the U.S. Navy gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn are providing supporting fire in the left distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59288

    Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 196, depicting the bombardment of Fort McAllister by the U.S. Navy monitors Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant. The engraving is based on a sketch by "an eye-witness" on board USS Montauk, which is in the right center foreground. In the left foreground, firing on the fort, are the mortar schooners C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 295 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59287

    Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863


    Line engraving, after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 39. It depicts the U.S. Navy monitors Patapsco, Passaic and Nahant firing on Fort McAllister (at far left) from the Ogeechee River. Other U.S. Navy ships are in the foreground. Montauk is the monitor in this group (farthest from the artist). Firing on the fort from the right foreground are mortar schooners, including C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion, all screw steamers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 380 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59170

    "Second Attack upon Fort Fisher, showing the positions of the vessels, and the lines of fire", 13-15 January 1865


    Chart by Walter A. Lane, published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II.
    The positions of 58 ships are represented on the chart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 216KB; 825 x 1225 pixels

     

    For earlier views of this ship, see:

  • USS Seneca (1861-1868).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 7 April 2001
    New images added 12 September 2001