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Photo # NH 82580-KN:  USS Naugatuck and other U.S. ships bombarding Fort Darling, 15 May 1862

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USS Naugatuck (1862) -- Actions and Activities


This page features all the views we have related to USS Naugatuck's actions and activities.

For other views of Naugatuck, see:

  • USS Naugatuck (1862).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 59220

    "The Octorora & Naugatuck shelling the Merrimac"


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1862, page 277, depicting the gunboats Octorara and Naugatuck firing on Confederate warships, including CSS Virginia, near Fortress Monroe, Virginia, circa March 1862.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59207

    "The First Day's Firing at Yorktown, April 1862."


    Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume of January-June 1862, page 261.
    It depicts aspects of the seige of Yorktown, Virginia, by General McClellan's army at an early stage of the Peninsular Campaign. U.S. Navy gunboats are shown engaging Confederate forces ashore and afloat, with USS Naugatuck specifically identified (in the upper center of the print).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 374KB; 1200 x 875 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 58756

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


    Print published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor Engagement", Norfolk, Virginia, 1907. It depicts USS Monitor (at left) accompanied by the Federal warships Naugatuck, Dacotah, Seminole and Susquehanna (listed in no particular order, and depicted rather inaccurately), firing on the Confederate batteries at Sewell's point, near Norfolk.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    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.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59336

    "View of the Attack on Fort Darling, in the James River, by Commander Rogers's Gun-Boat Flotilla, 'Galena', 'Monitor', etc."


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1862, page 337, depicting USS Galena at the head of the attacking force with USS Monitor off her starboard quarter. Among the other ships, the gunboat Naugatuck is identifiable in the lower right. The city of Richmond, Virginia, is shown in the left center distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1998

    Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
    , 15 May 1862

    Contemporary pencil sketch by F.H. Wilcke, depicting the Union warships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right), under the command of Commander John Rodgers, bombarding the Confederate fort at Drewry's Bluff.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 153KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82580-KN (Color)

    Bombardment of Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 15 May 1862

    Contemporary pencil sketch, with colors of flags and smoke lightly worked in, depicting the Union ships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right) bombarding the Confederate fort at Drewry's Bluff.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     

    For other views of Naugatuck, see:

  • USS Naugatuck (1862).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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