Photo #: NH 60906
Monitors engage Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island, Charleston,
South Carolina.
Photographed from one of the Confederate emplacements, the ships
are identified as (from left to right): USS Weehawken,
USS Montauk and USS Passaic. The monitor on the
right appears to be firing its guns.
Date is given as 8 September 1863, when other U.S. Navy ships
were providing cover for Weehawken, which had gone aground
on the previous day. She was refloated on the 8th after receiving
heavy gunfire from the Confederate fortifications.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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