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Photo # NH 79910:  USS Galena in action at Drewry's Bluff, 15 May 1862

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USS Galena (1862-1872) --
Actions & Activities


This page features all the views we have concerning USS Galena's actions and activities.

For other pictures of USS Galena, see:

  • USS Galena (1862-1872).

    For images concerning Galena crewmen who were awarded the Medal of Honor for courageous conduct during the Civil War, see:

  • John F. Mackie, Corporal, USMC; and
  • William Gardner, Seaman, USN.


    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 59336

    "View of the Attack on Fort Darling, in the James River, by Commander Rogers's Gun-Boat Flotilla, 'Galena', 'Monitor', etc."


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1862, page 337, depicting USS Galena at the head of the attacking force with USS Monitor off her starboard quarter. Among the other ships, the gunboat Naugatuck is identifiable in the lower right. The city of Richmond, Virginia, is shown in the left center distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 79910

    Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862


    Artwork published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 27, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907, depicting USS Galena in action against the Confederate batteries at Drewry's Bluff.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1998

    Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
    , 15 May 1862

    Contemporary pencil sketch by F.H. Wilcke, depicting the Union warships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right), under the command of Commander John Rodgers, bombarding the Confederate fort at Drewry's Bluff.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 153KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82580-KN (Color)

    Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862

    Contemporary pencil sketch, with colors of flags and smoke lightly worked in, depicting the Union ships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right) bombarding the Confederate fort at Drewry's Bluff.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42918

    Scene off City Point, James River, Virginia
    ,
    shortly after the action of 15 May 1862

    Sketch, possibly by Edward H. Schmidt (a crewman on USS Mahaska). Items identified by numbers include:
    1. USS Mahaska; 2. Schooner N.C. Claver; 3. tug Dragon; 4. USS Monitor; 5. USS Wachusett; 6. chartered steamer; 7. a schooner; 8. a gunboat; 9. USS Galena, disabled; 10. City Point, James River, abandoned.

    Sketch was received from Mrs. W.L. Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, with her letter dated 26 August 1933.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 430 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59206

    "Rendezvous of Our Fleet in James River, off City Point, -- Drawn on the Spot, May 29, 1862"


    Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume of January-June 1862, page 390.
    It depicts the U.S. Navy ships (listed as shown, from left to right) Maratanza, Wachusett, Aroostook, Monitor, Mahaska and Galena operating on the James River, Virginia, in support of General McClellan's army.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 300 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59198

    "The Gun-boats 'Galena' and 'Mahaska' shelling the Rebels at Harrison's Landing, July 1, 1862"


    Line engraving, based on a sketch "by an officer of the Navy", published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume 6, July-December 1862, page 470.
    USS Galena is at left and USS Mahaska is at right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 285 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1853

    "U.S. Gun Boats on James River covering the Retreat."


    Engraving after a drawing by C. Parsons, published by Virtue, Yorston & Company, New York, circa the later 19th Century. It depicts the ironclads Monitor and Galena bombarding Confederate forces as General McClellan's army withdraws following the Battle of Malvern Hill, 2 July 1862.
    The other two ships visible are probably USS Aroostook (beyond Monitor's bow) and USS Jacob Bell (behind Monitor, at left).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 83136

    "Entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut in to Mobile Bay. August 5th 1864"


    Chart of the action, prepared by RAdm. D.G. Farragut, Washington, D.C., March 1st, 1865.
    See Photo # NH 83136 (complete caption) for further information, as printed on the original chart.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 277KB; 870 x 1200 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56579

    Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864


    USS Brooklyn inside Mobile Bay after the action, "from a sketch made at the time", showing some of her battle damage. USS Galena is in the left background, and USS Itaska is at right.
    19th Century reproduction of a pen and ink drawing by Xanthus Smith.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     


    For other pictures of USS Galena, see:

  • USS Galena (1862-1872).

    For images concerning Galena crewmen who were awarded the Medal of Honor for courageous conduct during the Civil War, see:

  • John F. Mackie, Corporal, USMC; and
  • William Gardner, Seaman, USN.


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


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    Links added 30 April 2008