Photo #: NH 42378
Battle between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, off
Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864
"From oil painting by T.C. Olivet in the possession of Paymaster
General J.A. Smith, USN. At the end of the fight, the Alabama
shows a white flag over her stern. The flag of victory displayed
on the main mast head of the Kearsarge is faintly showing
in the photograph."
Donation of Mrs. J.F. Palmer, 1937, from the collection of Surgeon
General John Mills Browne.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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