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Photo #: NH 59213

Bombardment of Sewell's Point, Virginia, 8 May 1862


Print published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor Engagement", Norfolk, Virginia, 1907. It depicts CSS Virginia (at left) making her appearance near Craney Island as USS Monitor (left center) and other Federal warships withdraw after bombarding Sewell's Point, near Norfolk. The other U.S. Navy ships presented included Naugatuck, Dacotah, Seminole and Susquehanna.

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4 April 2001