Photo #: NH 57926
"Lieutenant Gordon, of the Frigate Cumberland, Rescuing
the 9-inch Sawyer Gun from the Burning Steamer Cataline."
Line engraving published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Magazine", 1861, depicting an incident in Hampton Roads,
Virginia, in late 1861. The Sawyer gun was eventually emplaced
on the Rip-Raps and used to bombard Confederate positions on
the water approaches to Norfolk, Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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