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Online Library of Selected Images:
EVENTS -- THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR -- CRUISER ACTIVITIES --

USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864 --
Scenes Earlier in the Battle

This page features images of the earlier part of the battle between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama.

For links to additional views of, or relating to, this action, see:

  • Kearsarge vs. Alabama, 19 June 1864 -- Selected Views


    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 65736

    USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864


    Line engraving published in the "Illustrated London News", 2 July 1864, depicting an early stage in the battle. Kearsarge is on the left, with Alabama in the right distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46957

    USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864


    Line engraving by E. Cooper after a drawing by "ARW", published in "Pictorial Battles of the Civil War", page 373. It depicts an early stage in the battle, with Kearsarge at left and Alabama in the right distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 155KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86059

    "Naval Combat - Kearsarge and Alabama off Cherbourg, France - June 19, 1864"


    Photograph of a painting, published by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York, circa the later 1880s, depicting the action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69807

    USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864


    Oil on canvas by Felix Mathews, depicting Kearsarge, at left, engaging the Alabama, off Cherbourg, France. Canvas size is 45" x 25".

    Courtesy of the painting's owner, Mr. Jay P. Altmayer, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 395 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42376

    "The action between the Ironclad Federal steamer 'Kearsarge' and the Confederate steamer 'Alabama', off Cherbourg, June 19th 1864."


    Print after a painting by W.F. Mitchell.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum. Beverly R. Robinson Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59354

    USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864


    Contemporary line engraving, depicting an early stage in the battle. Alabama is on the right, with Kearsarge in the left distance.

    Courtesy of F.S. Hicks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42375

    Action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864


    Painting owned by the Maine Historical Society.

    Courtesy of the Maine Historical Society.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42377

    "Kearsarge and Alabama"


    19th Century photograph of an artwork, depicting the action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, off Cherbourg, France, on 19 June 1864.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46956

    "The U.S. Sloop of War 'Kearsarge' 7 Guns, Sinking the Pirate 'Alabama' 8 Guns"


    Lithograph published by Currier & Ives, New York City, 1864, depicting the action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, off Cherbourg, France, on 19 June 1864.

    Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 74539

    "Sinking of the 'Alabama' by the U.S.S. 'Kearsarge'


    Drawing by Fred S. Cozzens, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897, depicting the action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 300 pixels

     

    For links to additional views of, or relating to, the action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, see:

  • Kearsarge vs. Alabama, 19 June 1864 -- Selected Views


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


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    13 July 2000