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Photo # NH 58899:  USS Montauk engaging Fort McAllister, Georgia, 28 January 1863

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    Photo #: NH 58899

    "The Iron-clad 'Montauk' engaging the Rebel Fort McAllister, in the Ogeechee River, 28th January 1863. -- Sketched by an Officer of the 'Dawn.'"


    Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting USS Montauk in the foreground, firing on the fort. At left, also bombarding, are the U.S. ships Seneca, Wissahickon, Dawn and C.P. Williams.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59285

    Confederate Privateer Rattlesnake

    (ex-CSS Nashville, 1861-1862)

    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 193, showing the monitor USS Montauk shelling the Rattlesnake in the Ogeechee River, Georgia, 28 February 1863. Fort McAllister is in the right-center distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59286

    Confederate Privateer Rattlesnake

    (ex-CSS Nashville, 1861-1862)

    Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 41, showing Rattlesnake burning after being shelled by the monitor USS Montauk, commanded by Captain John L. Worden, USN, in the Ogeechee River, Georgia on 28 February 1863. Fort McAllister is in the right-center background, and the U.S. Navy gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn are providing supporting fire in the left distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 58706

    USS Montauk (1862-1904)


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863. It depicts the ship detonating a mine in the Ogeechee River, Georgia, in the morning of 28 February 1863, as she was withdrawing after destroying the Confederate ship Rattlesnake (the former CSS Nashville). Montauk was damaged by this explosion and had to be run aground until repairs could be made.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59288

    Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 196, depicting the bombardment of Fort McAllister by the U.S. Navy monitors Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant. The engraving is based on a sketch by "an eye-witness" on board USS Montauk, which is in the right center foreground. In the left foreground, firing on the fort, are the mortar schooners C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59287

    Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863


    Line engraving, after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 39. It depicts the U.S. Navy monitors Patapsco, Passaic and Nahant firing on Fort McAllister (at far left) from the Ogeechee River. Other U.S. Navy ships are in the foreground. Montauk is the monitor in this group (farthest from the artist). Firing on the fort from the right foreground are mortar schooners, including C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion, all screw steamers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59269

    "Panoramic View of Charleston Harbor. -- Advance of Ironclads to the Attack, April 7th, 1863"


    Line engraving published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II, page 172, with a key to individual ships and land features shown.
    U.S. Navy ships present are (from left to center): Keokuk, Nahant, Nantucket, Catskill, New Ironsides, Patapsco, Montauk, Passaic and Weehawken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 60906

    Monitors engage Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina.


    Photographed from one of the Confederate emplacements, the ships are identified as (from left to right): USS Weehawken, USS Montauk and USS Passaic. The monitor on the right appears to be firing its guns.
    Date is given as 8 September 1863, when other U.S. Navy ships were providing cover for Weehawken, which had gone aground on the previous day. She was refloated on the 8th after receiving heavy gunfire from the Confederate fortifications.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 51964

    Monitors engage Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina.


    Photographed from one of the Confederate emplacements, the ships are identified as (from left to right): USS Weehawken, USS Montauk and USS Passaic. The monitor on the right appears to be firing its guns.
    Date is given as 8 September 1863, when other U.S. Navy ships were providing cover for Weehawken, which had gone aground on the previous day. She was refloated on the 8th after receiving heavy gunfire from the Confederate fortifications.
    This image is a detail of that seen in Photo # NH 60906.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 51959

    "Post-mortem Examination of Booth's Body on board the Monitor 'Montauk'."


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 13 May 1865, depicting the scene on board USS Montauk, off the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., on 27 April 1865, as Union officers examined the body of John Wilkes Booth. Booth had assassinated President Abraham Lincoln of 14 April 1865.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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