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Photo #: NH 42217
Burning of CSS Virginia, 11 May 1862
Painting after a sketch made on the scene by Colonel Samuel Wetherill,
11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, depicting the destruction
of Virginia by her crew, off Craney Island, Virginia.
Presented by Mrs. M.K.W. Davis, Colonel Wetherill's daughter,
15 June 1939.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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